mark hassey was gunned down in a courthouse parking lot. listen to what the sheriff had to say when asked about a possible connection. >> do you believe that these murders yesterday are definitively connected to the murder of mark hassey? >> i can't say that, no. we have nothing indicating that for sure. >> but we're hearing from other local leaders who feel that there must be a connection. ed lavendera is live for us now in kaufman county. ed, what have you heard about the possible link? >> reporter: well, there's no question this story and these murders have become the talk of kaufman county here in texas as thousands of people are wondering just what in the world is going on and why are these prosecutors, high-profile prosecutors here in kaufman county being murdered. first mark hassey, back at the end of january almost exactly two months ago, gunned down as he was walking to work in broad daylight in the morning of january 31st. now mike mcclelland and his wife in their own home. listen to the way mike mcclelland was talking back then a

something like this really hurts. >> the case of the assistant district attorney, mark hassey, that stilled. soon after that took place two months ago, was there a feeling that there may be a greater -- potentially a greater conspiracy to target prosecutors? >> i don't know. i certainly didn't have that impression two months ago. i have to think now that those handling the investigation -- my understanding is texas rangers, u.s. marshals, fbi are all helping the kaufman county sheriff's department with this. i have to think that those individuals are tying the pieces to the, connecting the dots, and if there is some type of tie-in, i'm sure they're going to find it. >> mayor, stand by. let's bring in former fbi assistant director tom fuentes joining us now live from vancouver. to what degree are federal authorities -- the fbi in particular -- being involved in this investigation in trying to connect any dots here? >> hi, fredricka. the fbi will be trying to animalize any of the leads and help with leads especially that go out of state. so you're in a situation now where the field is wide

and the way the first prosecutor, a man by the name of mark hassey was gun down on his way to work, it was almost like it appeared like a hit, like he had been specifically targeted. that it wasn't just some random shooting. there was a great deal of law enforcement brought in to look into that case and we have seen that presence descend on the home of the mcclellans. fbi agents, texas rangers, as well as local law enforcement officials, who have descended on that mcclellan home to begin that investigation there. and as you heard the mayor of kaufman say, it appears to be related and whether or not, but exactly why these prosecutors were targeted. if that turns out, indeed, to be the case, is not clear. but mr. mcclellan was very outspoken after the murder of mr. hassey two months ago. listen to the way he talked about how badly he wanted to capture the culprit of that murder. >> i hope that the people that did this are watching, because we're very confident that we're going to find you, we're going to pull you out of whatever hole you're in, and we're going to bring you back and let t

mark hassey, shot to death a block from his office on 31. mcclellan spoke about the death on the day it happened. and his words may now have even greater significance. >> anything that you people can do to accelerate getting our hands on this scum will be appreciated. >> that was mike mcclellan, who responsibility 23 years in the army before earning his law degree. he and his wife with five children issue including a son, a police officer in dallas. there is a possible connection to the murder of tom clemons, the chief of the department of corrections, who was shot on march 19. his killer, a white supremacist, evan eble, killed in a shootout with deputies a couple of days later, a hundred miles from kaufman. and police are working to safeguard other employees in the d.a.'s office. and we are expecting an update in 20 minutes from now. >> we will bring that to you when we get it. thank you very much. >> the white house sppding to new threats from north korea. the nuclear-armed dictatorship says rockets are on standby and aimed at u.s. targets

mark hassey gunned down a block from his office january 31.e day he was killed, mike mcclellan who did it -- >> i hope the people that did this is watching because we're very confident that we're going to find you on l you. we're going to pull out whatever hall you are in and bring you back and the people 6th county prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. >> that is was mike mcclellan who was now a rim. he spent 23 years in the army. he is survived by his son. and they wonder if it's connected to the tom clements. he was shot at his door. his killer was killed it on with a shootout a couple days later. that was just a hundred miles where the murders were taken place. random acts of violence or target members of the law enforcement community. authorities are the are trying to answer the questions this month. >> heather: mark kelly sitting down for an exclusive interview on fox news sunday. his wife was gravely wounded in a shooting rampage in tucson. kelly agreed with the nra saying that states must 6 access to mental health records in