The violence erupted after an argument inside the courthouse, police said. It wasn’t clear what led to the shooting.

Investigators are trying to determine why a Kentucky sheriff allegedly shot and killed a district judge after they argued ...

Authorities say Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, shot District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, on Thursday afternoon ...

WHITESBURG, Ky. — The sheriff charged with murder in the shooting of a rural Kentucky judge in his courthouse chambers was ...

The preliminary investigation indicates that Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines shot District Judge Kevin Mullins ...

WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) — The sheriff charged with murder in the shooting of a rural Kentucky judge in his courthouse chambers ...

District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene. Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, was arrested ...

Police charged Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines after the shooting of District Judge Kevin Mullins in his Whitesburg ...

The fatal shooting stunned the tight-knit town of Whitesburg, the county seat, with a population of about 1,700 people, 145 ...

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

The two men were seen getting ready to go to lunch on the day of the shooting. Hours later, Judge Kevin Mullins was dead from ...

The Letcher County sheriff is expected to be charged with murder in the death of Judge Kevin Mullins, Kentucky State Police ...