Kentucky State Police is investigating after Stines allegedly shot Mullins in his chambers at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg. Stines turned himself over to law enforcement without incident following the shooting,

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Kentucky District Judge Kevin Mullins, who was killed Thursday.

District Judge Kevin Mullins was shot inside the Letcher County Courthouse. Kentucky State Auditor of Public Accounts Allison Ball confirmed Mullins was the shooting victim in a post on social media.