URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Kaufman County (Texas) District Attorney, Wife Found Shot And Killed In Their Home 2 Months After Assistant DA Was Gunned Down

Mike McLelland. Source: Website of Kaufman County District Attorney.

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Mike and Cynthia McLelland were found shot dead in their home on Easter Eve. The McLellands lived in Forney, Texas. Mike McLelland is the district attorney of Kaufman County. The murders,  WFAA.com is reporting, may have involved a 223-caliber assault rifle, similar to an AR-15.

WFAA is reporting that law enforcement agencies across Texas are on high alert and that the crime “shook prosecutors, defense attorneys and others in legal circles around North Texas.”

The murders of the McLellands follow by two months the shooting death of Mark Hasse. Hasse, 57, was an assistant district attorney in Kaufman County. He was gunned down in broad daylight on Jan. 31, a short distance from the courthouse.

Read early coverage in the Star-Telegram.

Read early coverage on CNN, which is reporting that “authorities aren’t sure whether their killings are part of a broader scheme targeting criminal justice officials.”