A Texas district attorney and his wife were found shot to death in their home Saturday two months after an assistant district attorney from the same office was murdered.

Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland was shot several times, his wife Cynthia shot once in their north Texas home.

Local police and the FBI are now investigating whether the McLelland murders are related to the shooting death of Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse outside the Kaufman County courthouse on Jan. 31.

There may also be a connection to the recent murder of the head of Colorado Department of Corrections Tom Clements who was shot to death at his home on March 19. The suspect in Clements’ murder was a member of a white supremacist prison gang, the Dallas News reported.

According to multiple reports, including the Associated Press, McLelland was a Gulf War veteran who was taking extra personal security precautions after the murders of Hasse and Clements.

The Dallas News reported on a possible link of the Hasse murder to the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas. The article said:

In December, the Texas Department of Public Safety had issued a statewide bulletin warning that authorities had received “credible information” that the Aryan Brotherhood was “actively planning retaliation against law enforcement officials” who helped secure indictments in Houston against dozens of members, including the gang’s leadership.

The McLellands are survived by their five children, including one son who is a Dallas police officer, TODAY reported.

Watch the latest information on this troubling story from TODAY:

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

More from the Dallas News.

• Author
• Recent Posts

Janeen Capizola

"And though she be but little, she is fierce." And fun! This conservative-minded political junkie, mom of three, dancer and one-time NFL cheerleader holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science. [email protected]. Twitter: @JaneenBPR

Latest posts by Janeen Capizola (see all)

• The joke that may have lost John Kerry all his friends at CNN - March 10, 2014
• ‘What could have been’ reunion pic: Romney, Ryan family bump into each other in airport - March 10, 2014
• GOP battle begins; lawmakers jockey to replace Issa as House Oversight chair - March 10, 2014

Comment

We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.