District Judge Kevin Mullins was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers by longtime friend Sheriff Shawn Stines.

The case in which Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines is accused of killing a district judge will be heard by a grand jury next.

The Letcher County community and others nationwide are left looking for answers as to what led up to it and why this tragedy happened. Here’s a timeline of what we know so far.

Sobs could be heard in a Kentucky courtroom Tuesday as prosecutors played a short video that appears to show Letcher County, Kentucky Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines shooting District Judge Kevin ...

Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines appeared in court on Tuesday and is facing a murder charge.

During a preliminary hearing for a Kentucky sheriff accused of shooting a circuit judge, video was played for the courtroom ...

WEST LIBERTY The presumed family of slain Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins clung to one another on Tuesday; their hushed sobs providing the only sounds in the courtroom as surveillance ...

In security video that captured the courthouse slaying of a Kentucky judge, the sheriff charged in the death appears to shoot ...

A video released this week shows the shooting, which ended with the judge dead and the sheriff charged with murder.

Judge Rupert Wilhoit found probable cause during a hearing Tuesday in the case against former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn ...

The video was played in court this week and appears to show former Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines confronting Letcher ...

Video showing a Kentucky judge being gunned down in his chambers was played during a court hearing for the ex-sheriff who is ...