First on Fox: Kentucky Police (KSP) asked Steen minutes after allegedly shooting and killing District Court Judge Kevin Mullins, a former Letcher County body camera obtained by Fox News Digital.

In a police interview conducted in the corridor of Letcher County Court where the shooting occurred, the "parabe" insisted that the police or someone else was about to kill him, a belief his defense attorney told Fox News that the numbers were a contributor to the September 19, 2024 shooting.

The former sheriff, dressed in jeans and a polo shirt, was handcuffed and sat in a chair when questioned. Throughout the interview, his legs trembled, and he seemed to scan his environment for potential threats.

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He answered what happened that day, as most of the interviews tried to calm his fears.

During police inquiry, Stines was asked to go to jail in Letcher County, just a few steps from the court, rather than risking being transported to another facility.

He told KSP investigator Clayton Stamper that he led the investigation.

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The fact that he would violate the rules when he was told he was in jail in Letcher County shows that officials noted that Stines was told that he would be taken to the Leslie County Jail about an hour away, given his position as the county sheriff.

"I will never go to the Leslie County Jail," he told police. "Put me in the Leslie County Jail and I will be killed there. I will be killed in any jail."

The police kept assuring him that no one would hurt him, but these reassured people turned a deaf ear.

"Mickey, why do you think we'll do something to you?" Stamp asked. "Why do we hurt you?"

"Well, if you all stop and have someone on the way, someone is on the way (to the Leslie County Jail)." Sting said.

"Look, I know this is obviously a very bad situation, but I assure you that we have no intention of hurting you."

To ease his fears, police agreed to allow KSP Trooper Jason Bates, a former Letcher County representative who Stines knew for years, to drive him to Leslie County.

Bates also participated in the interview, trying to calm down.

But Sness still couldn't shake his fear.

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"Come on, it's fair to me now," he said to Stamp. "I saw it and it looks...you guys are here now, don't kill me. Don't punish me, you know. Fair. Don't shoot me, there's no such thing."

When police finally were able to settle in Sines enough to ask him what caused the shooting, Styine refused to answer.

"You'll all kill me, don't you?" he answered again, before asking about the transportation in Leslie County.

He said, "You will all kill me, I know you are." "Let's go. Let's go."

The questioning ultimately led to a dramatic exit of the courthouse into the jail's Sally Port, during which time, thorns in windows and stairwells, apparently looking for potential threats.

"Come on, be fair to me now." He said many times.

Following closely behind was a quiet hour at the Leslie County Jail, officials intermittently asked Steen if he wanted to discuss what happened.

According to Jeremy Bartley, a lawyer for Stines, there is concern about the fight back against his family, whose fight back was driven by his testimony in a civil lawsuit against a former Letcher County sheriff in a civil lawsuit that drove him to the edge.

Specifically, nearly all witnesses supported what those close to Mickey said during the roughly two weeks before the incident in the Judges’ Chamber Hall. ”

"It's just that: Mickey becomes extremely paranoid. He becomes sleepless, basically not sleeping.

"On the day of this shooting, my client tried to contact his wife and daughter many times and he was convinced they were in danger," Bartley said. "He thought they were in danger because he knew what was going on in the court. And there was pressure and there was threat to keep him consistent so that they didn't say more than these people wanted to say."

Bartley is Plan insane.

The bombing lawsuit was removed just a few days ago, accused of being in Letcher County Court, especially in Mullins' Chambers, allegedly three days before the alleged killing of the judge. In civil cases, Sness was appointed as the defendant, but only the attorney who allegedly failed to properly monitor the main target of the lawsuit.

In this case, the plaintiff’s attorney Ned Pillersdorf charged the court’s culture in an interview with Fox News Digital last week.

"It's just my general concern as a criminal defense attorney ... they are running a brothel in that court," Pilesdorf said. "I mean, pimping - at least three women we know about, although I think that's higher."

Pillersdorf used Stines to deposit three days before the shooting, and also pointed out that Stines behaved strangely.

Bartley did not refund requests for comment Friday.

Prosecutor Jackie Steele has not returned multiple requests for comment.

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"The Sheriff is clearly suffering from a mental disorder, although it is not clear what his diagnosis or diagnosis combination is," Dr. Carole Lieberman told Fox News Digital.

Lieberman, a psychiatrist and mental health practitioner, is an expert witness in cases ranging from attempted homicide and domestic violence to celebrity divorce lawsuits, said Stinas' most obvious symptom of mental illness was his paranoid.

“No matter how many times they tried to assure him that he was safe, he wouldn’t give up on this fantasy because their intention was to kill him,” she said.

She described Steines as “panic” during her interactions with law enforcement, noting that the shuffle in the chair was to comfort herself.

"The sheriff was obviously uncomfortable, his prominent abdomen took over his presence and swung back and forth in the chair - it was a self-soothing act," she said. "He was disgusting all the time, reflecting his physical and emotional pain."

According to Lieberman, another condition that could lead to his deposition in a civil lawsuit three days ago could lead to Stines’ behavior is called transient reactive psychosis.

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She said this could happen “as he gave a stressful deposit and was raised by the public opinion itself, and then suddenly realized that his colleagues in the law enforcement officers would have been opposed to him if his testimony made them involved in criminal acts.”

"He seems to be under pressure from threats (real or imagined) to avoid him saying too much," she said.