Investigators allege former Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines pulled the trigger in the judge’s chambers after he reportedly placed a call on the judge’s phone.
New body camera footage obtained by FOX News Digital shows Stines appearing paranoid, pleading not to be shot and killed. His legs are trembling as he scans the area.
“I just don’t feel safe,” Stines expressed.
“Okay, well, here you should feel safe. There’s cameras here, there’s people everywhere, people in there,” a trooper said.
While being questioned by Kentucky State Police, Stines insisted that someone was trying to kill him and asked to be lodged in the Letcher County Jail, mere steps away from the courthouse, rather than being transported to another facility.
“I understand why you’re worried. But at the same time, you know how it is. Something like this, we’re going to be worrying about you in the jail down here with local people. You know?” the trooper expressed.
“I leave this building, I won’t take another breath,” Stines pleaded.
The trooper explained that lodging Stines in Letcher County would violate protocol, and instead, he’d be taken about an hour away to Leslie County.
Reassurance that nobody was going to hurt him fell on deaf ears.
“Come on, be fair to me.”
“We’re going to be fair to you.”
“I seen the look.”
“What look?”
“Come on guys, don’t kill me. Let’s be fair.”
“Nobody is going to lay a finger on you I promise.”
“Don’t shoot me.”
To ease his concerns, police allowed Trooper Jason Bates, a former deputy whom Stines has reportedly known for years, to drive him to Leslie County.
“You want to tell us what happened? I mean, like I said, something led up to this. It just didn’t happen. I just, we would just like to know why,” a KSP trooper asked.
Stines doesn’t explain.
His attorney, Jeremy Bartley, hinted to FOX News Digital that a lawsuit the former sheriff was named in has more to do with his motive than meets the eye.
He pleaded not guilty and could face the death penalty if convicted.
At this time, Stines is awaiting psychiatric evaluation, per court records.
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