Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was fatally shot at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky, on Thursday afternoon, according to Kentucky State Police spokesperson Matt Gayheart.

No motive has been publicly released, and Stines is due back in court Tuesday for a pretrial hearing in Eastern Kentucky. (This story was updated to add new information.) WHITESBURG, Ky.

Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection to a shooting at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, officials from the Kentucky ...

WHITESBURG, Ky. (WCYB) — The community of Whitesburg, Kentucky, is searching for answers after the sheriff of Letcher County, Shawn Stines, was charged in the shooting death of District Court ...

WHITESBURG, Kentucky — Residents of a tiny Appalachian town struggled Friday to cope with a shooting involving two of its most prominent citizens: a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse ...