The last time he was in a courthouse, he fatally shot a judge, investigators say. On Tuesday, a former Kentucky sheriff will be in a different courthouse to hear the evidence against him.

Video showing a Kentucky judge being gunned down in his chambers was played at a court hearing for the ex-sheriff charged with the murder.

A video captured inside the chambers of a Letcher County district judge shows the county sheriff shooting him. The video, played for the first time in public Tuesday, showed then-Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines standing and Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins sitting with his hands raised. Stines then shot Mullins.

"I wasn't present," Clayton Stamper, lead investigator, said. "But when he was taken into custody, I was told by one of the other officers that were there that he made the comment, 'They're trying to kidnap my wife and kid.