CNN —Investigators are trying to determine what motivated a Kentucky sheriff to allegedly shoot and kill a district judge after the two had an argument inside the judge’s chambers, according to Kentucky State Police.
Letcher County, Kentucky District Judge Kevin R. Mullins Letcher County governmentLetcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, shot Mullins after an argument inside the judge’s chambers, a preliminary investigation revealed.
It is unclear who will take over as the county sheriff following the arrest of Stines, who had been sheriff for about eight years.
An ambulance near the scene after a district court judge in Kentucky was fatally shot in his chambers , on Thursday, September 19.
The Kentucky Court of Justice is aware of the “tragic” incident in Letcher County, the court said in a statement on Facebook.
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