The police say a sheriff shot District Judge Kevin Mullins inside the courthouse on Thursday afternoon before turning himself in.

A sheriff has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after fatally shooting a judge inside his courthouse chambers on Thursday in Whitesburg. RELATED STORIES: Second Judge Refuses To Grant Bail To Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs The incident occurred around 3 p.

KSP’s preliminary investigation indicates that Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines, 43, shot Mullins following an argument inside the courthouse. They say Stines was taken into custody at the scene without incident. Stines has been charged with one count of first-degree murder.

A Kentucky sheriff is under arrest for allegedly shooting dead a district judge at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg.

The Mount ain Eagle, a local newspaper in Whitesburg, reported Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines allegedly shot District Judge Kevin Mullins in his office Thursday afternoon before surrendering himself.

A judge was shot and killed in the Letcher County Courthouse on Thursday, according to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. Beshear stated in a social media post that he had been informed that a district judge in Letcher County had been shot and killed in his chambers Thursday afternoon.

A judge in a Kentucky town was shot and killed Thursday at the local courthouse. Governor Andy Beshear posted that a district judge in Letcher County was killed, District Judge Kevin Mullins. The judge was announced dead at the scene,