and that nothing and no one is being ruled out. the investigation into the murders of mike and cynthia mcclelland is ongoing. reporter: they arrested a kaufman county man for making terroristic threats against an official. authorities don t think he has anything to do with the killings. investigators believe the clues to finding the killers could be buried in the case files where the prosecutors worked together. but so far, there don t seem to be any breaks in the case. cnn learned of two different men who have drawn the attention of investigators, both involved in court cases where they faced off with mark hassey and mike mcclelland. neither man was taken into custody. and both told cnn they re cooperating. we have not in this investigation named officially a person of interest or any suspects. reporter: investigators are trying to establish a solid link
it hits very close to home. people are on edge a little and afraid for the rest of the city employees. mm-hmm. reporter: it s the second prosecutor to be killed in two months in kaufman. first, assistant d.a. mark hassey gunned down on january 31st, then his boss, d.a. mike mclelland and his wife found dead saturday, shot multiple times. there are many questions, but answers are in short pply. even public officials are taking precautions. i m certainly aware. fear? i don t know that that s the right word, but awareness. all of us are cautious now. reporter: police say they have no suspects, the motive is unclear, and authorities have not officially said whether the killings of the two prosecutors are connected, but that s what most people here seem to think. one and one makes two. you can t keep from connecting these. and so, of course, our concern
when you heard about what happened i was heart broken. heart broken. shocking. very shocking. not value soaking it in, i don t think. this is a small town. it hits very close to home. people are on edge a little, and afraid for the rest of the city employees. reporter: it s the second prosecutor to be killed in two months in kaufman. first, assistant d.a. mark hassey gunned down on january 31st, then his boss, d.a. mike mclelland and his wife found dead saturday, shot multiple times. there are many questions, but answers are in short supply, even public officials are taking precautions. i m certainly aware. fear, i don t know that that s the right word, but awareness. all of us are cautious now. reporter: police say they have no suspect. the motive is unclear, and authorities have not officially
latest killings and the murder of the assistant d.a. that happened in january? reporter: good morning, alison. so far, very little information, other than the fact that mike mcclellan, the district attorney, and his wife, gunned down in their home, and found yesterday, late yesterday. and obviously, with what happened here two months ago, a lot of questions swirling around, exactly what is going on with these cases. 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
is there a feeling now among law enforcement that everyone is potentially a target? well, i don t want to say it is that widespread. this appears to be in my opinion county level. of course it seems to be the d.a. department and i know that everyone is very concerned. this is not something that has happened before in forney, texas. our county itself is relatively small, 105,000 or so people. something like this really hurts. the case of the assistant district attorney, mark hassey, that still is unsolved. 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