Picu Police In Kentucky US Shoot Dead Judge In Court Building

Illustration of shooting using firearms. (Pixabay)

JAKARTA - The police revealed that the quarrel triggered a sheriff to shoot a dead judge inside the court building in Kentucky United States (US).

Kentucky State Police spokesman Matt Gayheart said the murder began with an argument between Sheriff Letcher County, Mickey Styles and Judge Kevin Mu Way, 54.

Gayheart said Mu waywal was shot several times Mickey and eventually died in his office at the Letcher County Court Building, Whitesburg, Kentucky, on Thursday 19 September local time.

Stines was arrested at the scene without a fight. He has been charged with one charge of first-degree murder.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman said his party had coordinated with regional Commonwealth lawyers as special prosecutors in the case.

"We will fully investigate and pursue justice," Coleman said in a social media post, quoted by CBN News, Friday, September 20.

Gayheart said that a number of schools near the scene of the case were affected by the judge's shooting police incident. Teaching and learning activities were temporarily suspended at school.