10 things you need to know today: March 31, 2013

Texas' district attorney is killed, Gabby Giffords' husband argues for mental health checks for gun purchases, and more in our roundup of stories that are making news and driving opinion

Shooting survivor and former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is seated next to her husband Mark Kelly during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence on Jan. 30.
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1. TEXAS DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND WIFE KILLED AT HOME

Mike McLelland, the district attorney of Kaufman, Texas, and his wife, Cynthia Woodward McLelland were found shot and killed on Saturday in their home, just two months after his deputy was killed. One law enforcement officer said it appeared the door had been kicked in and "there were shell casings everywhere." Authorities in Kaufman county said they believed all other employees in the district attorney's office have been accounted for, and police are investigating whether the McLellands' deaths are related to the killing of Mark Hasse, a Kaufman county prosecutor who was killed on Jan. 31 while walking to his car. The FBI had also been investigating if Hasse's death was linked to the March 19 murder of Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements. [Daily Beast]

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Terri is a freelance writer at TheWeek.com. She's a graduate of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and has worked at TIME and Brides. You can follow her on Twitter.