A Kentucky sheriff faces murder charges in connection with the deadly shooting of a local judge in his chambers on Thursday afternoon. Authorities say Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, shot District Judge Kevin Mullins,

Investigators are trying to determine why a Kentucky sheriff allegedly shot and killed a district judge after they argued inside the judge’s chambers, according to Kentucky State Police. District Judge Kevin Mullins,

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

Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines has been charged with murder in the shooting of District Judge Kevin Mullins at the Letcher County Courthouse..

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.

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.

The Mount ain Eagle, a local newspaper in Whitesburg, reported Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines allegedly shot District Judge Kevin Mullins in his office Thursday afternoon before surrendering himself.

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,