did you start to think that there was a list? no, sure. i don t think there was any doubt in my mind this was a serial killer we were dealing with. someone had declared war on law enforcement and their families. i have kids. my husband, i can t keep putting them at risk. my wife had two guns out. i said unless you know it s me coming through the door, be ready to use them. is there some sort of antigovernment militia group? i had no idea what we were dealing with. before leading investigators back home. was he living a double life? i think he was. you re making him sound like hannibal lector. it s just wild. the courthouse. the moral center of every american city and town. the place we go to settle differences, resolve disputes, find justice. it is the place where the story usually ends, but not this time. not in rural kaufman, texas, where life is leisurely and no one is a stranger. oh my god, someone just shot someone. they are laying on the ground.
on a dashboard camera. the deputies stopped this car because the license plate did not match the vehicle. he had no idea the driver was evan. as you are about to see, evil had no hesitation about using his gun again! the unsuspecting death city, scott in the face, would survive. he was quickly changed down by law enforcement. and died in an explosive shoot out in wise county, texas. this is cell phone video of the shoot out in wise county. the attention of the murders is this. why is county is just 100 miles from kaufman. could evan have killed another public servant in texas? seven weeks earlier? the fbi is now as investigating this case. they want to see if he is connected to mark hasse s murder. two officials guntown in two states. someone seemed to be targeting
will be stepped up security here at the county courthouse today. the district attorney s office will be close to the public. this entire community is on high alert. that morning, when chad and came to her office, she had an armed escort. there is no leader at your office anymore? no one. no one. when you come into work, how do you go forward? we had to move forward. we couldn t let them win. we couldn t. and we had to fight for the honor of mike and mark. everyone in the office was on edge. my husband, he stayed up all night with a gun in his hands. i know that i started carrying a gun. sleep with a gun under my pillow. even shannon, who wouldn t carry a gun before, now slapped with protection nearby. we had a big old shark and sitting on our dresser. waiting to go. just in case. the killers threat to unleash more violence in kaufman county. kept the task force working around the clock. a special teams scoured this surveillance video get collected near the mclella
all black. dark clothing. but there was something more! a witness in the garage right across the street heard the victims last words. mark said, no! no! i m sorry! and that was after a bit of a kind of shouting match. did that tell you that these two knew each other? that seemed very personal to me. no weapon was found at the scene. and no shell casings either. to that tell you anything? that there were no shell casings? yes. it told us it was going to have to be a revolver. that s because revolvers keep bullet cases inside the gun after firing. i can only imagine how terrified he must of been in those final moments. mark was doing when he did every day. just going to work. now his federal prosecutors feel like he died for that work. and they could be next! no one felt safe. all of us were scared.
our whole houses was devastated. i mean, his door was closed! security remained tight in and around the courthouse. the people inside took on a bunker mentality. folks are trying to deal with what happened. nobody has ever done this before. this is new territory for everybody. his colleagues were terrified, and many wanted to carry guns for protection. district attorney mike, made it easier for everyone to get concealed handgun licenses. we can take for free. and we could have our license if we needed it. did you get a gun? no. did you think about? it yeah. it s the kind of thing people do when they re scared and panicked. the justice system under attack. the murder brought an all-star army of law enforcement to the case. the sheriff s training center was turned into a command post. it was soon buzzing with local police, texas rangers, and federal agents from the atf and the fbi. it was interesting about