Kentucky State Police are searching for motive as they investigate the fatal shooting of a district judge by a sheriff after the two had an argument inside the judge’s chambers, according to police.

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, was taken into custody at the scene without incident, police said. He was charged with one count of first-degree murder.

A Kentucky sheriff has been arrested after allegedly fatally shooting a district judge in his chambers, according to police reports. District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was shot multiple times on Thursday afternoon at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg,

A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder, police said.

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 county sheriff shot and killed a judge in the Letcher County Courthouse on Thursday, according to Kentucky State Police (KSP). State police said Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, fatally shot District Judge Kevin Mullins,

A judge was shot and killed in the Letcher County Courthouse on Thursday, according to Kentucky State Police (KSP). KSP Trooper Matt Gayheart spoke with members of the media outside of the courthouse around 6:30 p.

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.