Texas DA, wife killed -- 2 months after his deputy is gunned down

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http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/30/justice/texas-da-killed/index.html
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Two months ago, a Texas district attorney vowed to put away the "scum" who had killed one of his top deputies.

Now, the district attorney and his wife are dead. And authorities aren't sure whether their killings are part of a broader scheme targeting criminal justice officials.

The bodies of Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were found Saturday in their home in Kaufman County, east of Dallas.

"I don't know of anyone who would want to cause him harm," Kaufman city Mayor William Fortner said. "As far as I could tell, he was doing a really good job as a district attorney."

Fortner said police are taking "extra precautions" to try to ensure no one else is targeted.

"We lost some important people, and we hope the killers are caught before any more people are lost," he said.

A law enforcement official told The Dallas Morning News that a door was apparently kicked in, and "there are shell casings everywhere."

[UnrepentantLiberal]

1. They're going to go to war with the Aryan Brotherhood.

[Xipe Totec]

2. If so, the AB is about to find out who the Texas Rangers are. Lord have mercy on them. nt

[malaise]

3. It's beginning to look that way

I'm betting on the Rangers

[DisgustipatedinCA]

5. I'm betting on RICO and other federally-based remedies

I think we can all agree that these babynazis fucked up, and they're going down. This is the kind of case you hear about cops working on even after they're retired (if it goes unsolved for that length of time). The activist wing of the GOP is entering a world of pain.

[malaise]

8. Check out Graham's comment

He doesn't want the Feds

[jsr]

6. The killers have probably left the state.

It's only a short drive to Oklahoma.

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4. "I don't know of anyone who would want to cause him harm,"

Kaufman city Mayor William Fortner said. "As far as I could tell, he was doing a really good job as a district attorney." You're not doing a really good job as a district attorney UNLESS there are lots of people who want to cause you harm. I'd argue that the better a DA you are, the more you are at risk.

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. Yeah, that was odd: no official really has more nasty enemies than the district attorney

Well, except maybe water commissioner.

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9. District attorneys abuse power just like any cops. But they don't deserve to be murdered. n-t

[freshwest]

10. Way too close for comfort for those in that area.