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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The following is a release from Kentucky State Police:
On Tuesday, February 16, 2021 shortly after 12:00 PM, Kentucky State Police Post 11, London responded to assist local emergency services on a carbon monoxide poisoning call at a residence on Spring Cut Road in southern Laurel County.
The initial investigation revealed the home was without power due to the winter weather and the occupants of the residence had been using a fuel-operated generator to help operate a basement sump pump.
The victim, Darlene G. Skinner Ragland, 61 years old of Corbin, was transported by Laurel County EMS to Baptist Health in Corbin where she was subsequently pronounced deceased by the emergency room doctor. Her husband, Tony Ragland, and their grandchild were taken to the University of Kentucky Medical Center. They both have been treated and released.
By Jarrod Mills
Staff Writer Feb 15, 2021
Feb 15, 2021
LONDON - The Kentucky State Police Post 11 in London is investigating an officer involved shooting, involving a Corbin Police Department officer who fatally shot a 19-year-old Corbin man.
According to a press release from KSP, KSP was called to investigate the shooting shortly after 3:30 a.m. Sunday on Dogwood Cove in Corbin.Â
According to KSPâs preliminary investigation, an off-duty Corbin Police Department officer was contacted at his home by a neighbor in reference to a prowler complaint. The press release provided by KSP goes on to say that the officer went outside and was confronted by Phillip N. Davenport, 19, of Corbin.