Officials are still trying to determine whether the killings are linked . The attack comes as a new wave of violence has swept across Iraq in recent weeks and is likely to further destabilize an already volatile country. `` I wonder if the governor is going to find anyone brave enough to take the job of district attorney . '' Mike McLelland was the second Kaufman County prosecutor slain in two months . Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was shot to death in January .
Officials are still trying to determine whether the killings are linked . The attack comes as a new wave of violence has swept across Iraq in recent weeks and is likely to further destabilize an already volatile country. Mike McLelland was the second Kaufman County prosecutor slain in two months . Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was shot to death in January .