Authorities say a judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed at the local courthouse on Thursday.
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The governor said the judge was fatally shot in his chambers. The preliminary investigation indicates that the sheriff shot Mullins following an argument inside the courthouse, police said.District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was hit multiple times in the shooting, Kentucky State Police said. The judge was pronounced dead at the scene.
The shooting is being investigated by Kentucky State Police. State Police Trooper Matt Gayheart called it an isolated incident and said there was no threat to the public. But he offered no details about the shooting.
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