A Kentucky district judge was killed in a courthouse shooting on Thursday, the state’s Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said. “Sadly, I have been informed that a district judge in Letcher County was shot and

A district judge in Kentucky was fatally shot in his chambers Thursday afternoon, Gov. Andy Beshear said. "Sadly, I have been informed that a district judge in Letcher County was shot and killed in his chambers this afternoon," the governor wrote on X. "There is far too much violence in this world, and I pray there is a path to a better tomorrow."

AP) — A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed at the local courthouse on Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced. The district judge, who was not immediately identified, was shot in his chambers, the governor said in a social media post.