A local sheriff ate lunch with a prominent district judge hours before allegedly shooting the judge in his chambers, according to a court official, who said the killing last Thursday has stunned the small community of Letcher County,

Investigators are searching for a motive after a Kentucky sheriff was arrested for allegedly gunning down a judge in his chambers,

Thursday night as a Kentucky state trooper gave reporters details that state police had pieced together about a judge’s courthouse shooting death — allegedly by the county’s sheriff.