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.

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,

A person is in custody after a shooting Thursday afternoon at a courthouse in Whitesburg, according to Kentucky State Police. It was not immediately clear if anyone was injured in the shooting. Several area schools were briefly placed on lockdown, including Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College and Letcher County Schools.