The district judge, who was not immediately identified, was shot in his chambers, the governor said in a social media post.

After word spread that Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines was charged with first-degree murder, and that Kevin Mullins, a district judge, had been shot, Kentucky leaders and community members saw yet another local act of gun violence make national news.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear confirmed that the body found during a search near a freeway this week was alleged Interstate 75 gunman Joseph Couch.

Gov. Andy Beshear said the state police crime lab and Kentucky's chief medical examiner had identified the body found near exit 49 on I-75 Wednesday who was suspected to be Joseph Couch.

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