"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.

The sheriff who is charged with the murder of a district court judge in Eastern Kentucky has now retired.Sheriff Mickey Stines pleaded not guilty last week.Stin

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

District Judge Kevin Mullins was shot inside the Letcher County Courthouse. Kentucky State Auditor of Public Accounts Allison Ball confirmed Mullins was the shooting victim in a post on social media.

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

Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines will go before a judge Tuesday afternoon at the Morgan County Judicial Center. He’s due to appear in court at 1 p.m. for a preliminary hearing on the heels of announcing his retirement ahead of the ongoing legal process.

Where is Letcher County, Kentucky? Sheriff Mickey Stines accused of killing judge in courthouse. What to know about the Whitesburg shooting.

A Kentucky lawman stepped down Monday as sheriff of the county where he's accused of walking into a judge's chambers and killing him in a shooting that stunned

Video of a former sheriff allegedly shooting and killing a judge was shown Former Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines is charged in the killing of Judge Kevin Mullins in Kentucky. Defense attorneys say Stines was experiencing an “extreme emotional disturbance” at the time of the shooting.

Shawn "Mickey" Stines, a former Kentucky sheriff accused of fatally shooting a judge, is expected to appear in court.