Shocking 911 audio moments after judge was shot by sheriff best friend

A newly released 911 call has revealed the horrific aftermath that followed the death of a Kentucky judge in his courthouse.

Shawn “Mickey” Stines, 43, is accused of fatally shooting Kentucky District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, in his chambers on September 19.

The 911 call that prompted emergency services to rush to the scene has now been received Law and crime.

The caller can be heard saying:I have an emergency at the courthouse, I need an ambulance here right now. The judge was shot.”

The outlet also obtained footage of law enforcement’s response to the scene.

Mullins, who held the judgeship for fifteen years, died at the scene and Stines surrendered without incident.

Stines pleaded not guilty to murder and was held at another prison in Kentucky.

He stepped down as sheriff more than a week after the shooting and his replacement, Billy Jones, was sworn in on October 1.

The 911 call made to emergency services to rush to the scene has now been obtained by Law and Crime

Stines is accused of firing eight bullets into his close friend after he entered the Letcher County Circuit Court judge’s chambers in Kentucky for a private word and then closed and locked the door.

Just hours before it happened, they shared an outdoor table for lunch at the popular Streetside Grill & Bar on Main Street, just a few hundred yards from the courthouse.

The pair were regulars at the sports bar during lunch together and ordered their usual on that fateful Thursday – both had the $13.99 wings with salad.

Stines, a beloved father of two who reportedly planned to retire when his term expired, was Judge Mullins’ bailiff before becoming sheriff in 2018.

After Stines’ indictment, pointed out his lawyer Jeremy Bartley to a statement Stines made in court in the days before the shooting as a major factor in the case.

“I think the deposition plays several important roles in this case,” Bartley said in a telephone interview.

“I don’t think there’s one factor, but I do think it will be a big part of the story we tell.”

According to witness testimony after the murder, Mullins was reportedly seen with an unidentified woman in the same rooms where he was shot and killed.

Herriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines looks at prosecutors during a hearing at the Morgan County Courthouse in West Liberty, Kentucky, Tuesday, October 1.

The accusation against the judge was made by Sabrina Adkins, a woman who, according to police audio, was raped by one of Stines’ deputies, Ben Fields.

“I saw Judge Mullins having sex with a girl… In his office, in the judge’s chambers,” she said in a recording of a police interrogation.

Adkins can also be heard saying that former Deputy Sheriff Fields “does have some video tapes of some stuff in the judge’s chambers… just with girls, sexual and stuff.”

She claimed the tapes showed Fields and “some senior figures” having sex in the rooms, suggesting there may be as-yet-unidentified others involved in the sextortion scam.

Adkins said in a federal lawsuit that she could not afford to pay for an ankle monitor and did not want to return to the Letcher County Jail.

Stiles has admitted to the shooting but has pleaded not guilty to murder, arguing ‘it was something that happened in the heat of passion’

Fields then forced her to perform sexual favors so she could remain in home confinement, according to a 2022 federal lawsuit.

Stines was accused in a lawsuit of failing to properly train and supervise former deputy Fields, who served six months in prison after coercing Adkins, who was on home confinement, to have sex for favors in Judge Mullins’ chambers.

Adkins attorney Ned Pillersdorf told NewsNation “it’s as if they (Mullins and Fields) were running a brothel out of that courtroom.”

Stiles has admitted to the shooting but has pleaded not guilty to murder, arguing “it was something that took place in the heat of passion” and amounted to manslaughter at most.

His attorney has hinted that his defense will be based on a lawsuit involving Stiles’ former deputy sheriff Ben Fields, who pleaded guilty to using his position to extort sex from women.