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A Kentucky court staff has been left “in shock” after the Letcher County sheriff allegedly shot and killed Letcher District Judge Kevin D. Mullins Thursday, The Mountain Eagle reports. Kentucky Democratic Governor Andy Beshear wrote via X, “Sadly, I have been informed that a district judge in Letcher County was shot and killed in his chambers this afternoon. There is far too much violence in this world, and I pray there is a path to a better tomorrow.” Per The Mountain Eagle, Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines was arrested “in the foyer of the courthouse” after he murdered Mullins “in the ju…

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