A small, tight-knit southeast Kentucky community has been reeling after their sheriff was arrested for the killing of a prominent district judge in his chambers Thursday – spurring residents to wonder what could have triggered the shooting and prompting calls for better courthouse security.

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Communities across Kentucky were rocked on Thursday after a courthouse shooting took place in the small town of Whitesburg.