Kentucky sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines is charged with murder after he allegedly fatally shot Judge Kevin Mullins.

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

A Kentucky State Police spokesman said shots were fired inside the Letcher County Courthouse at 2:55 p.m. after an argument between Stines and Mullins. Mullins was pronounced dead at the scene. Here's a look at a few statements about the shooting on social media.

A district court judge in Kentucky was fatally shot in his chambers Thursday afternoon, Gov. Andy Beshear said.

A sheriff charged with murder in the shooting of a rural Kentucky judge in his courthouse chambers is accused in a federal lawsuit of ignoring abuse by one of his deputies, who later pleaded guilty to

Police have a suspect in custody after a district judge was killed at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky, officials said.

A Kentucky sheriff charged with fatally shooting a judge inside his chambers was accused of failing to investigate claims that a local deputy was sexually assaulting women under house arrest.

Kentucky District Judge Kevin Mullins was shot and killed by a sheriff while in his chambers. Gov. Andy Beshear rebuked the violence in a public statement.

Emergency calls reveal shocking details of a deadly shooting involving a district court judge and the sheriff in a Kentucky courthouse.