Authorities say a judge in a rural Kentucky county was fatally shot at the local courthouse. The local sheriff has been charged with murder in the killing.

A sheriff has been arrested and charged with the murder of a district judge in rural Whitesburg, Kentucky. District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, died after being shot multiple times, state police said, according to CNN.

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, was taken into custody at the scene without incident, police said. He was charged with one count of first-degree murder.