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>A district court judge in Kentucky was shot and killed in his chambers Thursday after an argument with the county sheriff, according to local officials.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/09/19/kentucky-judge-shot-killed-kevin-mullins/
>A district court judge in Kentucky was shot and killed in his chambers Thursday afternoon after an argument with the county sheriff, according to county and state officials.
>Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was shot about 2 p.m. at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, county coroner Perry Fowler told The Washington Post. Mullins died at the scene, Fowler said.
>The county sheriff, Shawn Stines, 43, fatally shot Mullins after an argument inside the courthouse, the Kentucky State Police said in a statement. Stines is in custody and has been charged with one count of first-degree murder.
>The investigation is ongoing, said Trooper Matt Gayheart, a Kentucky State Police spokesman. “The motive, what led up to the shooting, is what we’re trying to figure out.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/09/19/kentucky-judge-shot-killed-kevin-mullins/
>A district court judge in Kentucky was shot and killed in his chambers Thursday afternoon after an argument with the county sheriff, according to county and state officials.
>Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was shot about 2 p.m. at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, county coroner Perry Fowler told The Washington Post. Mullins died at the scene, Fowler said.
>The county sheriff, Shawn Stines, 43, fatally shot Mullins after an argument inside the courthouse, the Kentucky State Police said in a statement. Stines is in custody and has been charged with one count of first-degree murder.
>The investigation is ongoing, said Trooper Matt Gayheart, a Kentucky State Police spokesman. “The motive, what led up to the shooting, is what we’re trying to figure out.”
