Kentucky sheriff charged in slaying of judge at courthouse
- A District Judge in rural Kentucky was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers, and Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines was charged with murder, police reported.
- The preliminary investigation suggests Stines shot Judge Kevin Mullins multiple times after an argument in the courthouse, according to Kentucky State Police.
- Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice Laurance B. VanMeter expressed shock at Mullins’ killing, saying the court was left “shaken” by the violence.
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