"I wasn't present," Clayton Stamper, lead investigator, said. "But when he was taken into custody, I was told by one of the other officers that were there that he made the comment, 'They're trying to kidnap my wife and kid.

Video shown at the preliminary hearing for the former Letcher County sheriff accused of killing a district judge allegedly showed the deadly shooting.

The Letcher County Sheriff has resigned amid allegations that he shot and killed a district judge in the county courthouse. A letter from the Law Office of Jeremy A. Bartley states that Shawn Mickey Stines has “made the difficult decision to effect his retirement as of.

Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of shooting Kevin Mullins in an act that was captured on cameras in the courthouse chambers.

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

Motive remains a key question in the murder case against former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines. Here's the latest.

A detective testified the fatal shooting of Kentucky Judge Kevin Mullins by Sheriff Mickey Stines followed calls to the sheriff's daughter.

Video played in court that showed the moment a Kentucky judge was fatally shot in his chambers by a former sheriff charged in his murder.