Police have a suspect in custody after a district judge was killed at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky, officials said.

A Kentucky sheriff has been arrested Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of a district judge inside a courthouse, Kentucky State Police said.

A person was shot and killed inside the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky, a local official said.

Police have a suspect in custody after an active shooter situation unfolded at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, officials said.

Authorities say a judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed at the local courthouse. A sheriff has been arrested and charged with murder.

A district judge was shot and killed inside the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky, the governor said.

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 Kentucky district court judge was shot and killed Thursday afternoon after an argument with a local sheriff, law-enforcement officials said. Kevin Mullins, a 54-year-old district county judge, was shot multiple times inside the Letcher County Courthouse,

Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was fatally shot in a courthouse at Whitesburg, Kentucky, on Thursday afternoon, according to Kentucky State Police.