homophobic slurs in this is tyler clement ty went to rutgers. this is a university that had massive soul searching about how you treat people, about how words matter and words can hurt and you have a leader at the university saying things like this. a lot of people are saying it s hypocritical of the university. pamela brown, thanks to you. new developments this morning in the murder of two district attorney s in kauffman, texas. police are looking at a former justice of the peace who was fired for corruption and prosecuted by the two dead men. eric williams says police met with him at a local restaurant and swabbed his hands for signs of gun residue but williams insists he doesn t even own a gun and police are not officially calling him a suspect. meantime new developments in another deadly shooting involving a prosecutor in colorado. police in the small town of hot sulfur springs, colorado, say a cnn s jim spellman live in
say, a former justice of the peace named eric williams who was fired in a corruption probe and prosecuted by the two men who are now dead. cnn s george howell live from kaufman, texas, this morning. george, tell us about this person of interest. reporter: christine, good morning. cnn spoke with his attorney david sturgi, and we learned that investigators met at a local denny s here to take swab samples from williams hand to test for gun residue. at this point, cnn does not know what the results of those samples revealed to investigators, but david surgi tells us his client did cooperate voluntarily because he has nothing to hide. it s important to put this in perspective. williams may be one of several people of interest that investigators are looking into that these men hasse and mclelland may have prosecuted over the years. and there s the possibility that the aryan brotherhood of texas
take a hand swab to be able to test it for gun residue. we don t know the results of those tests and what it might mean, but the attorney stresses to us that he did this voluntarily by his own and fully cooperated, because this man says, he says, has nothing to hide. ed, i appreciate that reporting. again, we will talk to a district attorney in texas in another county who says that law enforcement in texas is under attack tonight. they are beefing up security. we will talk to him about who he thinks may be behind some of these shootings. gary tuchman joins us shortly with another new angle, one you will only see here. now to our top story tonight. also a 360 exclusive. dr. conrad murray, michael jackson s former physician, a man with the training to save lives and the solemn duty to preserve it. the question is, did he fail on both counts? a jury thought so, convicted him of involuntary manslaughter in the death of michael jackson. he is appealing that verdict, even as a civil la
3:00. causing discussion all around the country about what crosses the line. thanks. thank you. police questioning someone in the murder of a texas district attorney. christine romans has that. good morning, you two. new developments in the murder of two district attorneys in kaufman, texas. people have questioned a former justice of the peace fired for corruption and prosecuted by the two dead men. eric williams is his name. he said police met with him at local restaurant, swabbed his hands for signs of gun residue. he says he doesn t even own a gun and police are not officially calling him a suspect this morning. also developing in texas. a man hunt for two escaped and dangerous inmates. 44-year-old brian tucker and 39-year-old john king broke out of hopkins county jail in sulfur springs by squeezing through a gate. both men, you can see their picture there, both men are considered dangerous.
police hours after the murders were discovered. eric williams reportedly turned over the shirt he was wearing and allowed his hands to be tested for gun residue. d.a. mike ma khrel apbd and his deputy prosecuted williams and got a theft conviction. it centered on the stealing of three computer monitors from the county building. mcclellan pushed for jail time but he was sentenced to two years probation, but he lost his job and law license. his conviction is on appeal. he has not been named a suspect in the murder. security remains tight around subject 0 officials and county courthouses in texas. we are still seeing armed escorts in kaufman county and several d.a. s now have a full time security detail. in houston, federal prosecutor jail heilman has removed himself from a high profile case against the aryan brotherhood. this is the one that led to 34 indictments against the white supremacist gang and tphold by threats to public officials involved. i understand why someone would want t