A local sheriff ate lunch with a prominent district judge hours before allegedly shooting the judge in his chambers, according to a court official, who said the killing last Thursday has stunned the small community of Letcher County,

A Kentucky sheriff is under arrest and a district judge is dead after the law enforcement officer allegedly shot the judge in his office at the Letcher County Courthouse on Thursday. The county coroner confirmed that district judge Kevin Mullins had died after being shot,

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. “Mickey” Stines, 43, was arrested at the scene and has been charged with first-degree murder.