WASHINGTON, D.C. — A county sheriff was charged with murder Thursday after he allegedly shot and killed a district court judge in the southern US state of Kentucky.

Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines was taken into custody in connection with a shooting at the Letcher County courthouse, the Louisville Courier Journal newspaper reported.

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