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,

District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was shot multiple times after an argument inside the courthouse, state police said.

Kentucky District Judge Kevin Mullins was shot and killed by a sheriff on Thursday afternoon while in his chambers. Gov. Andy Beshear rebuked the violence in a public statement.