Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg. (Kentucky Court of Justice)
A sheriff in an Eastern Kentucky county has been arrested after allegedly shooting a district court judge, according to a report from a local newspaper.
The Mountain Eagle reported Thursday afternoon that Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines was arrested after shooting District Judge Kevin Mullins at the county courthouse in Whitesburg.
WKYT reports that the coroner confirmed one person died in the shooting but did not identify that person as Mullins.
Letcher County Schools posted on social media that Kentucky State Police had advised them to go into lockdown because of the shooting.
An emailed request for information sent to the state police trooper handling public relations for Kentucky State Police Post 13, which covers Letcher County, was not immediately returned.