Kentucky - Judge killed, sheriff arrested in Letcher County courthouse shooting - Sep. 19, 2024 # 2

[Chimera]

So what causes a lawman to kill his friend, a sitting Judge, following a cordial lunch?

• From all signs visible in the released video, Stines was under no threat by Mullins.
• Even if Stines suspected there was phone contact between his teen daughter and Mullins, upon confirmation of this by looking at Mullins phone, he did not allow for any reasonable explanation by his friend before he immediately began firing his weapon at Mullins.
• There was no immediate threat to the daughter for her number to be in Mullins phone!
• There was no immediate threat to his wife.
• After wounding Mullins, as if to ensure he was dead, he stopped, fired additional shots at his fallen body, before exiting the room.
• I believe Stines made up his mind before he entered Mullins Chambers that if Mullins phone showed he had phone contact with his daughter, he was dead.
• Maybe Stines was having some paranoid, delusional thoughts....
• But from the evidence we have today, I think a jury would find him guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt, because of those deliberate, additional shots before walking out of Chambers-- Stines intended for Mullins to be dead.
• Stines actions were hardly what's expected from a man under the oath of the elected County Sheriff -- instead he seemed immature, impulsive, irresponsible, and a sense of entitlement. IMO, Stines was like a time bomb, waiting to go off.
• And the arrogance of Stines to request to be treated fair!
• Mullins deserved to be treated fair too. He deserved far better than he received from both the Sheriff, and his friend! MOO

ITA.
Esp. that last sentence.
No excuse for what Stines did.

 

[Kemug]

Maybe Mullins did feel threatened by Stines, and that is why the judge invited the sheriff to his chambers. He thought he would be safe there because of the cameras, and the sheriff knowing about them.

 

[Friday Fan]

Maybe Mullins did feel threatened by Stines, and that is why the judge invited the sheriff to his chambers. He thought he would be safe there because of the cameras, and the sheriff knowing about them.

I thought of that too. Maybe if he met him alone, he feared Stines would slug him or cause a scene. I'm pretty sure he didn't fear he would shoot him.

 

[OldAce]

Maybe Mullins did feel threatened by Stines, and that is why the judge invited the sheriff to his chambers. He thought he would be safe there because of the cameras, and the sheriff knowing about them.

Was a bit mistaken on that. However and what ever was floated at the lunch; germinated in the Sheriffs mind shortly after, and conclusion verified by the phone view/call.

 

[sunspun]

Maybe Mullins did feel threatened by Stines, and that is why the judge invited the sheriff to his chambers. He thought he would be safe there because of the cameras, and the sheriff knowing about them.

I thought it was more that Stines was trying to talk to Mullins about things better left unsaid in front of other people at the lunch, which was why Mullins asked him if they needed to meet privately to talk. Trying to shut him up before he said something Mullins didn't want others to hear.

So... what would that have been? Would it have been something Mullins already knew about, or would this have been the first he was hearing about it at the lunch? But something he immediately knew he didn't want spoken of in public, even though it sounds like he cut him off before he had the chance to say much, to avoid others at the lunch hearing. So maybe something he already knew about, but this would've been the first time Stines had tried to discuss it with him, or question him about it. Hm.