Kentucky State Police are searching for motive as they investigate the fatal shooting of a district judge by a sheriff after the two had an argument inside the judge’s chambers, according to police.

A sheriff allegedly shot and killed a district judge inside the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky, police said.

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