Kentucky sheriff charged with first-degree murder after shooting judge at courthouse - ABC 6 News

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(ABC 6 News) — A shooting at a Kentucky courthouse left a district judge dead this week.

Police say the sheriff of rural Letcher County, Kentucky, shot District Judge Kevin Mullins multiple times after an altercation at the county courthouse. It is not yet clear what the altercation was about.

The 43-year-old sheriff was taken into custody without incident and charged with first-degree murder. The U.S. Marshals Service says serious threats against federal judges have more than doubled in the past three years.