A Kentucky State Police spokesman said shots were fired inside the Letcher County Courthouse at 2:55 p.m. after an argument between Stines and Mullins. Mullins was pronounced dead at the scene. Here's a look at a few statements about the shooting on social media.

A judge in a rural Kentucky county was fatally shot in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder in the killing, police said.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Matt Gayheart provided an update Thursday night after state police said Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines fatally shot Judge Kevin Mullins.