Judge Kevin Mullins was found Thursday shot and killed inside his own chambers — with local sheriff Mickey Stines charged with the murder. NBC’s Sam Brock reports for TODAY.
A small eastern Kentucky community is reeling and searching for answers after a Letcher County sheriff was arrested and charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Judge Kevin Mullins in his district office Thursday afternoon. Matt Butler, commonwealth attorney for Letcher County, said the community 'is completely devastated' and asked for prayers for the judge's family.
Stines, a two-term sheriff, was arrested and charged with one count of murder, Kentucky State Police Trooper Matt Gayheart said. A motive remains unclear, but Gayheart said preliminary information indicates that Stines 'fatally shot Mullins following an argument inside the courthouse.' Mullins, 54, was shot multiple times and died at the scene. Stines, 43, surrendered to authorities at the courthouse. Other people were inside the building, but no one else was in the judge's chambers.
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