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.

Kentucky State Police are searching for motive as they investigate the fatal shooting of a district judge by a sheriff after ...

Residents of a tiny Kentucky town are struggling to cope with a shooting involving a judge killed in his chambers and the ...

Kentucky officials said a Letcher County district judge was fatally shot in his chambers Thursday afternoon.Gov. Andy Beshear noted he had been informed of the ...

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 ...

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Kentucky District Judge Kevin Mullins, who was killed Thursday.

Kentucky State Police is investigating after Stines allegedly shot Mullins in his chambers at the Letcher County Courthouse ...

Who is Sheriff Mickey Stines? Who is Kevin Mullins? Follow along for Letcher County courthouse shooting updates.

The Letcher County Courthouse is closed to the public. Several people are in a state of shock as a result of the incident.

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines allegedly walked into the chambers of Judge Kevin Mullins, closed the door and started shooting, witnesses said.

The sheriff charged with murder in the shooting of a rural Kentucky judge in his courthouse chambers was accused in a federal ...

Police have a suspect in custody after an active shooter situation unfolded at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, ...