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.

Kevin R. Mullins, 54, had been a District Judge in Letcher County, Kentucky for 15 years. Before that, he was a prosecutor in Letcher County, starting in 2001. The official title is assistant commonwealth’s attorney. He was a graduate of the University of Kentucky and the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville.

The Letcher County sheriff is expected to be charged with murder in the death of Judge Kevin Mullins, Kentucky State Police said Thursday night.

Police have a suspect in custody after a district judge was killed at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky, officials said.

A Kentucky district judge was killed in a courthouse shooting on Thursday, the state’s Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said. “Sadly, I have been informed that a district judge in Letcher County was shot and killed in his chambers this afternoon,

Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins was fatally shot in the courthouse on Thursday, local media outlets reported. According to The Mountain Eagle, a sheriff has been arrested in connection to the incident.

A sheriff shot and killed a judge in the Letcher County Courthouse on Thursday, according to Kentucky State Police (KSP). State police said Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines fatally shot District Judge Kevin Mullins after an argument Thursday afternoon inside the courthouse.