A district judge in Kentucky was fatally shot in his chambers Thursday afternoon, Gov. "Sadly, I have been informed that a district judge in Letcher County was shot and killed in his chambers this afternoon," the governor wrote on X. Letcher County coroner Perry Fowler told NBC News that Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was shot and killed. The Letcher County courthouse is in Whitesburg, about 200 miles southeast of Louisville. "Following the deadly shooting in Letcher County, our Office will collaborate with Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 27th Judicial Circuit Jackie Steele as special prosecutors in this case.

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Persons: Andy Beshear, Beshear, Perry Fowler, Kevin Mullins, Matt Gayheart, Kevin R, Mullins, Russell Coleman, Jackie Steele, Coleman Organizations: NBC News, Louisville . Kentucky State Police, Judicial, Central High School, Kentucky, Justice, Commonwealth’s Locations: Kentucky, Letcher County, Letcher, Whitesburg, Louisville .