A district judge is dead and a county sheriff has been arrested in connection to a fatal shooting at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky.

The Mountain Eagle reports Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines was arrested after shooting District Judge Kevin Mullins at the Letcher County Courthouse.

Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines allegedly killed Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, in his chambers following an argument, Kentucky State Police spokesman Matt Gayheart said Thursday night. Mullins was shot multiple times, Gayheart said.

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.

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,