Phillip Davenport
CORBIN, Ky. â The officer involved in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old Corbin man was officially identified Friday as the Corbin Police Department released more details about the shooting. Family and friends of the teenager say the details don t portray the man they knew.
According to a statement from Corbin Police Chief Rusty Hedrick, Stephen Meadors, a 12-year veteran in the force, was off duty and at his home on Dogwood Cove in Corbin at 2:45 a.m. Feb. 14 when a neighbor contacted him about a person, later identified as Phillip Davenport, causing a disturbance and attempting to force entry into a neighborâs vehicle.
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MURRAY â It will be about two weeks before an official cause of death is determined in the case of a fatal shooting that occurred Monday in Calloway County.
On Wednesday, Calloway County Coroner Ricky Garland said an autopsy examination was performed Tuesday afternoon at the Kentucky State Medical Examinerâs Office in Madisonville. He said preliminary results show that a gunshot wound to the chest of a man identified as Luis Mancilla Jr., 53, of Murray, is believed to be the cause of death, but that the medical examiner handling the case wants to see the results of toxicology tests before officially determining that finding.
This week, a fire in the Viper community of Perry County left two individuals dead.
According to Trooper Matt Gayheart, of the Kentucky State Police Post 13, at 5 a.m. Dec. 21, firefighters with the Viper Fire Department responded to a residence on Middle Fork Maces Creek Road. Upon arrival, Gayheart said, they located what they believed to be two deceased people inside. An arson investigator and detectives with the KSP Post 13 responded to the scene, along with the Perry County Coroner, said Gayheart.
Perry County Deputy Coroner Jeff Combs said that at approximately 7 a.m. on Dec. 21, he responded to the call.
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