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.

A Kentucky sheriff has been arrested Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of a district judge inside a courthouse, Kentucky State Police said.

A person was shot and killed inside the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky, a local official said.

Police have a suspect in custody after an active shooter situation unfolded at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, officials said.

A district judge was shot and killed inside the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky, the governor said.

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

Authorities say a judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed at the local courthouse. A sheriff has been arrested and charged with murder.

A Kentucky district court judge was shot and killed Thursday afternoon after an argument with a local sheriff, law-enforcement officials said. Kevin Mullins, a 54-year-old district county judge, was shot multiple times inside the Letcher County Courthouse,

Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was fatally shot in a courthouse at Whitesburg, Kentucky, on Thursday afternoon, according to Kentucky State Police.