A district judge in Kentucky was fatally shot in the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg on Thursday, Kentucky State Police said. A local sheriff has been charged in relation to the shooting.
State police received a 911 call about shots being fired inside the Letcher County Courthouse just before 3 p.m. on Thursday.
“Several law enforcement agencies and emergency medical services responded to the scene and located District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, of Jackhorn, with multiple gunshot wounds,” Kentucky State Police spokesperson Sherry Bray said in an emailed statement to The Epoch Times.
First responders attempted lifesaving measures, but Mullins was pronounced dead at the scene by the Letcher County Coroner’s Office….