A newly released video shows the moment when a Kentucky sheriff pointed his gun at a judge’s head before allegedly shooting and killing him. 

The surveillance footage shows Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines, 43, and District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, in the judge’s chambers having what appeared to be a heated conversation on Sept. 19 before the sheriff pulled out his gun and pointed it at the judge.

Mullins was seen in the video sitting behind his desk when Stines pulled the gun, and Mullins then raised his hands and attempted to turn away just before Stines fired several rounds at him.

Earlier released footage of the shooting was played in court during a preliminary hearing on Tuesday, according to the Courier Journal.

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The video showed Mullins seeking cover under his desk as Stines fired his gun. The sheriff then approached the judge, who was still under his desk, and shot him twice at close range before leaving the chambers, the footage shows.

Kentucky Detective Clayton Stamper testified that the sheriff surrendered immediately after the shooting.

Stines told police, “They’re trying to kidnap my wife and kid,” according to Stamper.

The sheriff and the judge had been friends for decades and had lunch together hours before the alleged killing.

Mullins was seen in the video sitting behind his desk when Stines pulled the gun, and Mullins then raised his hands and attempted to turn away just before Stines fired several rounds at him. (Letcher County Handout)

Stamper said additional surveillance footage from inside the chambers that has not been shown in court or publicly released captured the sheriff using his and Mullins’ phones to make multiple calls to his daughter just before the shooting, according to the Courier Journal.

Police found Stines’ daughter’s phone number saved in the judge’s phone, Stamper said.

Defense attorney Jeremy Bartley declined to reveal a possible motive for the shooting, but authorities reportedly said the incident was being investigated as a possible sex scandal.

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District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was allegedly killed by Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, in his judge’s chambers. (Kentucky Court of Justice; Letcher County Sheriff’s Office)

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“Our investigators seized the two cell phones, and they’re being analyzed,” Kentucky State Police Trooper Matt Gayheart previously told the Daily Mail.

Stines announced Monday that he was retiring as sheriff.

He pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and is being held at the Leslie County Jail. His case was sent to a grand jury for indictment.

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DAYTON, Ky — The wallets of two Northern Kentucky residents just got a lot heavier after the two won separate cash prizes from the Kentucky Lottery last month.

A Dayton man who wishes to remain anonymous was just one number away from winning the $121 million Powerball jackpot in September. His ticket matched the four white ball numbers and the Powerball in the Sept. 9 drawing, winning him $50,000.

The man told Kentucky Lottery officials he bought the “Kentucky Combo,” which consists of five different draw game tickets including the Powerball with numbers selected by the lottery machine, while at work.

He then picked the tickets up at The Cigarette & Beer Outlet in Dayton.

The next day, his girlfriend checked the ticket and told him he had won $50,000. He took home $36,000 after taxes.

“I was one number away from retirement,” he told officials.

The man said he plans to use the money to pay off debt and buy a car.

He wasn’t the only Dayton resident celebrating a big win, though.

A woman who also wishes to remain anonymous won $431,775 on the Precious 7’s Fast Play game. She told lottery officials she regularly plays Fast Play after someone told her they always won on the game.

“I play Precious 7’s, that’s my game,” she told officials. “I just knew I was going to win.”

She won big when she bought her ticket while her husband was getting gas at the Dayton Market on Sept. 20. She told officials she told her husband to get in the car before he was finished pumping gas once she saw her ticket.

“No one believed me,” she told officials. “They all kept saying it was a scam, that it’s a fraud but I knew it was a winner.”

After taxes, she took home a check for $310,878. She said she plans to use the money to pay off bills and help her family.

The Cigarette & Beer Outlet in Dayton will get $500 for selling the man’s winning ticket, while Dayton Market gets $4,317.75 for its ticket.