LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – We’re learning new details about a shooting where Kentucky State Police say a London police officer shot and killed 63-year-old Douglas Harless.

Dispatch audio obtained by WKYT from Monday night’s shooting reveals officers were serving a warrant at a different address from where Kentucky State Police say Harless was killed.

KSP says the shooting happened at 511 Vanzant Road in the Lily community.

According to Laurel County dispatch audio, London Police were attempting to serve a warrant at 489 Vanzant Road. The different address from where Harless lived and was killed was repeated at least five times.

Much of the community in Laurel County feels like they’ve been left in the dark as to what exactly happened in the moments leading up to the death of Harless.

Now, surveillance video given to WKYT by a neighbor shows London Police’s response to Harless’ home that night.

The video begins at 11:50 p.m. Monday. London Police are heard banging on Harless’ door and announcing themselves.

Just a few seconds later, they’re heard again.

“Open up the door. Come on out. Police. Open the door with your hands up,” they said.

At 11:51 p.m., officers are seen moving around on Harless’ porch, as others move to different positions around his home.

Then, what sounds like five gunshots are heard.

After the apparent gunshots, things get quiet, and several officers are seen exiting the home, while others gather in the yard.

From Laurel County Dispatch Audio exclusively obtained by WKYT, we know that officers called for assistance around this time.

“Vanzant Road. Stand by in the area. Shots fired,” says a dispatcher.

“Where’d they go?” another voice asks.

“They were at 489 Vanzant serving a search warrant,” the dispatcher responds.

Yet, Kentucky State Police say Harless was shot at 511 Vanzant Road. 489 is just down the road from 511.

WKYT spoke with the owner of the property. He says nobody has lived in 489 for months.

As standard practice, Kentucky State Police are now investigating Harless’ death, and the officer involved is on administrative leave.

WKYT has filed several open records requests to obtain a copy of the search warrant from that night. As of right now, the courts say they do not have those papers. We’ve also requested copies from police.

To hear more of the dispatch audio obtained by WKYT, click here.

This remains a developing story.

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The Enquirer’s Just Askin’ series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google.

Here in Cincinnati, we like to keep our talent local. Our athletes are no exception.

You’ve already heard the story of Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose, a West Sider who went on to become the all-time MLB hit king while playing for his hometown baseball team. Avondale native DeHart Hubbard became the first Black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal when he won the long jump in the 1924 games. More recently, former Moeller High School football star Sam Hubbard is hailed as a cornerstone of the Cincinnati Bengals’ defensive line, nabbing eight tackles in the nail-biting Super Bowl of 2022.

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Which Cincinnati Bengals players are from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana?

Six Bengals players were born in Ohio, including two from Greater Cincinnati. One is from Kentucky, and two are from Indiana.

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• Erick All Jr., No. 83 tight end, is from Fairfield, Ohio.
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• Sam Hubbard, No. 94 defensive end, is from Blue Ash, Ohio.
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Noah Waterman’s driving layup with 1.2 seconds to play helped Louisville avoid what would have been a catastrophic loss to Eastern Kentucky Saturday afternoon inside the KFC Yum Center.

Trailing by one in the closing moments, U of L forced Colonels star Devontae Blanton into a missed jumper. Reyne Smith then took off up the left side of the floor, where he nearly lost the ball before finding Waterman, who nearly lost the ball as well. After regaining his footing, Waterman drove to the rim for a contested bucket that would give the Cardinals a 1-point lead.

A steal and a free-throw by Terrence Edwards would set the game’s score at its final margin.

The end-of-game sequence allowed the Cardinals to avoid what would have been a crippling defeat in game they were favored to win by 21.5 points. Instead, they’ll enter the New Year with an 8-5 record and only losses to quality opponents on their resume.

Still, the fact that Louisville couldn’t put away an EKU team that nearly knocked the Cardinals off for the first time since 1963 was more than a little unnerving.

After knocking down nine three-pointers in the first half, U of L could manage just two makes from deep in the second frame. The most important of those came from Smith, whose three with just under two minutes to play put the Cards ahead, 75-73. EKU’s George Kimble, who finished with a game-high 24 points, promptly answered with a three of his own to set up the game’s frantic final moments.

I don’t know if it was the holiday break or what, but the energy was down, the defense was downright bad, and the head-scratching unforced turnovers were back.

We are extremely fortunate that this wasn’t a Quad 4 loss that would have completely tanked our resume right before we begin our dive into the heart of conference play.

The most crucial two week stretch of the season — one which features games against North Carolina, Virginia, Pitt and Clemson — is now upon us. Handle it well, and we can dream March Madness dreams as we go deeper into January and February. Handle it the way we handled things today, and the season shifts to “keep fighting, see how many wins we can scrap together, and maybe we can pull off a crazy run in Charlotte” mode.