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Letcher county ky today. (WJHL) — A county sheriff shot and killed a judge in the Letcher County Courthouse on Thursday, according to Kentucky Stines appeared for a status hearing through Letcher County Circuit Court. A district judge was shot and killed Thursday afternoon in his chambers in eastern Kentucky, and the Letcher County sheriff was charged Video showing a Kentucky judge being gunned down in his chambers was played at a court hearing for the ex-sheriff charged with the murder. Stines has been arrested Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of a district judge inside a courthouse, Kentucky State Police The Letcher County community and others nationwide are left looking for answers as to what led up to it and why this tragedy happened. 19 Letcher County Schools in the area were placed in lockdown and Letcher County Central High School reported that students were released Letcher County Schools are expected to get a second school resource officer this month. Here's a look at the motive behind the Letcher County shooting. The former sheriff is charged with the murder of District Judge The Mountain Eagle, Whitesburg. Six people were An image from video appears to show former Letcher A small eastern Kentucky community is reeling and searching for answers after a Letcher County sheriff was arrested and charged with murder Kentucky State Police and Letcher County Coroner Perry Fowler were still at the Letcher County Courthouse at 5 p. (FOX 56) — A special judge has been appointed in the murder case against former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines. A district judge is dead and a county sheriff has been arrested in connection to a fatal shooting at the Letcher County Courthouse in Gov. The Letcher County Judge Executive says the recreation center will be open as a shelter.