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  • BULLETIN: Arrest Made In Shooting Deaths Of Texas Prosecutor And Wife — And Assistant District Attorney

    Kim Williams: Source: Kaufman County Sheriff's Office.
    Kim Williams: Source: Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office.

    BULLETIN: Kim Williams, the wife of a former local Justice of the Peace, is listed as an inmate at the Kaufman County Jail in Texas on charges of capital murder in the shooting deaths of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, his wife Cynthia McLelland — and Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse.

    Hasse, 57, was shot and killed Jan. 31 near the Kaufman County Courthouse. The McLellands were found shot and killed in their home March 30, Easter Eve.

    McClelland’s office had prosecuted Eric Williams, the husband of Kim Williams, on theft charges.

    Kim Williams, 46, is being held on $10 million surety bond, according to the jail docket.

    Eric Williams, 46, has been jailed since April 13 on charges of making a terroristic threat. His wife has implicated him in the shooting deaths, according to an affidavit filed by the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office.

    CBS News has the arrest affidavit on this page.

    Also see Dallas Morning News.

  • 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.
    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.”