The Murder of Deputy Caleb Conley

Added: 2026-06-05

[00:00:00]I've not been able to make contact with the Georgetown unit. Unable to clarify.

[00:00:04]>> 911.

[00:00:05]>> I believe a sheriff just got shot here on the exit.

[00:00:07]>> You think a deputy just got shot at the exit?

[00:00:09]>> He went to stop a car and heard a gunshot in the car just fled away. It was a red Nissan Morano.

[00:00:14]>> It was a red SUV. It looked like the guy just stuck his gun out his window.

[00:00:18]>> He's bleeding out.

[00:00:19]>> He's bleeding out. Can you commend safety to him? Are you close enough?

[00:00:23]>> There are three people doing THAT RIGHT NOW.

[00:00:29]HE'S SHOT IN the neck responsive responsive.

[00:00:35]Hold on. You got to hold the neck.

[00:00:38]>> We can't, bro.

[00:00:39]>> Shot in the neck.

[00:00:40]>> Damn it. Caleb, man. Hold pressure, man.

[00:00:43]Hold pressure. Come on, buddy. Come on.

[00:00:49]>> COME ON, BROTHER. WE'RE HERE, MAN.

[00:00:51]>> TAKE A BREATH. Continue CPR.

[00:00:54]>> Respiration.

[00:00:59]They're getting loaded up now. Guy had a warrant and he go to stop it. He didn't get anything on the radio. Cash buyers called the deputy's been shot.

[00:01:09]>> UK trying to set up.

[00:01:16]>> What kind of shape are you?

[00:01:21]>> Shut the up there. Is it for me?

[00:01:23]>> Yeah, I was there when they were It doesn't look very good.

[00:01:26]>> Not long after Deputy Caleb Connley was shot, dispatch received another call regarding a separate incident.

[00:01:30]>> 911, where's your emergency?

[00:01:32]>> I just had somebody steal my car and threaten me with a gun. Big white male about 6'1 maybe. Had a girl with him who was supposedly very sick and then just had surgery. They were heading toward Lexington. That's where he said he was going. I was going to try to help him out and he forced his way into the house, pulled the gun, told my wife if she didn't give him car keys, he was going to shoot me and kill me.

[00:01:52]>> What kind of gun did he have?

[00:01:53]>> It was a big heavy gun. Looked like a 45. I said, "As soon as you leave, I'm calling the police." And he said, "Well, they'll just kill me." And I said, "Well, from the looks of things, that wouldn't be a big deal." First couple of times he made the threat, he had the gun down by his sights. Then he started moving it up. I wanted to punch his lips out. Do you see any vehicles outside of your house that might he might have showed up in? Yeah. Do >> you see like a red Nissan Morano out there or anything?

[00:02:18]>> Right in front of my It's sitting in my driveway.

[00:02:22]>> An automobile forced his way into the red Nissan Morano in the driveway. Leave the subject.

[00:02:32]>> Damn it.

[00:02:34]>> The woman that he was with, did you get a good look at her by any chance?

[00:02:37]>> She acted like she was in a lot of pain.

[00:02:39]It seemed genuine. Did >> you by any chance happen to notice that she had like one of them little hospital bracelets on her wrist?

[00:02:45]>> No, I didn't cuz she stayed in his car until she got out and came around to get in my car.

[00:02:50]>> Officials will later discover their suspects are 45-year-old Steven Shang Shang and his alleged girlfriend, Monica Harden. In the past couple of weeks, Steven and Monica were allegedly involved in several cases of theft.

[00:02:59]Surveillance footage captures Steven stealing lawn tools and a generator just days prior. Some items were sold within minutes at a nearby pawn shop. Their biggest theft involved stealing and selling a 1971 Chevrolet El Camino. In the following days, officials will obtain dozens of surveillance clips tracking their movements. Steven has a long criminal history, most notably a series of crimes in 2010 for multiple counts of receiving stolen property and theft with persistent felony offender enhancements, resulting in a reportedly 20-year prison sentence. However, news reports indicate Steven became eligible for parole in 2021, only 11 years after his alleged crimes. Two years later, he shot Deputy Caleb Connley. While Steven has an extensive criminal history, a surprising twist reveals Monica was actually a civilian employee for the Kentucky State Police from 2012 to 2018, the same agency that is now tracking her and Steven. A Facebook post from Kentucky State Police lists her as an administrative specialist for the criminal identification and records branch. As officers moved in to contact the victims of the stolen Dodge Caravan, officials received reports of another shooting.

[00:03:55]>> Hey, Lexington just had a shooting at Rosen Jim.

[00:03:57]>> I will spread the word. Okay.

[00:03:58]Apparently, there was just a shooting at Rosen Jim and there's a white Dodge caravan that was busting carjacked prior to. Now, the suspect is posing a Ford Bronco.

[00:04:05]>> He stole another car at Rosen Jim. Son of >> the next carjack victim, David Deleonardo, was shot twice in the stomach by Steven as he and Monica drove off in his dark gray Ford Bronco. David was a regular at a bar near his home called Rose and Jim. Surveillance footage appears to show the suspects targeting David, following him in their recently stolen Dodge Caravan right before the carjacking happens. Roughly two and a half miles down the road from the bar, officials reportedly spot the stolen Bronco.

[00:04:29]>> He's in his third car right now.

[00:04:34]>> Looks like they have on the other side of the road. I can't tell where the Bronco is right now.

[00:04:38]>> Helicopters up, but I guess just with so much area cover >> Metro's got K9. They've got Marshall task force, a couple other Fed units down there. They said he's fled on foot in Lexington and I'm going to go find him.

[00:04:52]>> Yep. Me, too.

[00:04:59]What are you hearing? Where do you want me?

[00:05:04]>> The woman was screaming at me to come in the back. She said that she may have seen a bigger white dude run down this place.

[00:05:08]>> I'm going to go up here and try to keep a perimeter.

[00:05:15]>> Come inside.

[00:05:18]>> Two doors.

[00:05:21]How far is a Bronco up in this block?

[00:05:23]Right back there.

[00:05:24]>> Hey, hardly stay out until we have something. Don't go in by yourself. This house.

[00:05:29]>> I don't know. I'm just holding.

[00:05:33]>> I'm going to stay with you all.

[00:05:34]>> Hey, make sure y'all stay together.

[00:05:36]>> Yeah. Do you know what he's wearing?

[00:05:37]>> A white male is all I know. Say blue shirt.

[00:05:42]>> Car is parked in the driveway. They got you copy between Whitney.

[00:05:51]If it's false, I'm going to give up this parameter.

[00:05:55]Broncos, >> watch your back.

[00:05:59]Spread the word. He's already carjacked two people. So, if y'all know people driving, you might want to tell them to not be driving.

[00:06:05]>> Is that the cemetery back there, Jack?

[00:06:06]Yeah, >> but it goes like this.

[00:06:09]>> We confirmed you went that way.

[00:06:12]>> I don't want to give all this out.

[00:06:14]>> No, we don't need >> for that to be nothing. If the helicopter is the only report they're going to find in the cemetery.

[00:06:19]>> Yeah, we have comms with them at all.

[00:06:21]>> We were told that you guys had in the cemetery, but that's not the case.

[00:06:24]>> So, you heard the last thing that I heard that was what we got from I don't have anything else yet.

[00:06:30]>> Well, they told us >> they told us they cemetery.

[00:06:37]>> If they're not, then we need to go that way.

[00:06:39]>> There's another cemetery.

[00:06:41]>> Say in between Whitney and Price.

[00:06:44]>> Is there another vehicle at that house?

[00:06:46]He's also got a female with him.

[00:06:47]>> See, there's two people with him. A female and him.

[00:06:49]>> I don't know if they spotted him or looks like he never saw anything. She said her trash can got knocked over. The car crashed. I mean, the doors are open.

[00:06:57]I can come to a pretty abrupt.

[00:06:59]>> There's no way cuz he wrecked out here.

[00:07:01]I parked here and made my way to you all over there.

[00:07:04]>> My ass would go in the woods with me.

[00:07:06]You know what I'm saying? Yeah, he's already on a car jack. I wouldn't be surprised if he got another one. We idiot walking in the street. I don't think these people realize he was going around shooting.

[00:07:16]>> Where he at? Where's he at?

[00:07:21]>> They're calling somebody out.

[00:07:24]It's >> possible that he's in a house shot. It's also possible he shot homeowner car inside >> this house. Second house.

[00:07:31]>> The second house.

[00:07:32]>> Second house. The blue car.

[00:07:40]>> Hey, is it the brick? Brick and gray hold there.

[00:07:43]>> He's currently barricaded in our house.

[00:07:46]>> Stand by. We're getting numbers on the house. 862 I think. I believe right now.

[00:07:58]>> I'm going to move this so we got better cover.

[00:07:59]>> We've had very limited information on what happened.

[00:08:01]>> It's been It's been crazy. So, I just want to find this guy.

[00:08:04]>> Hey, if you go up like one more car, you're out of the line of sight. Then you'll have that house as cover as well.

[00:08:09]>> Hey, Aaron. Do we put eyes on him in there? Yes, he came to the door. I couldn't possibly identify him, but a black male came to the door and retreated back into the house.

[00:08:18]>> They think they got him again.

[00:08:19]>> This one's our target house >> right here. Blue door in the back. Yes, sir.

[00:08:23]>> 100% sure it's not this house.

[00:08:24]>> I'm not 100% sure anything. I'm going off what they said that that is likely his blue shirt and he did a home invasion on the next one over.

[00:08:34]>> Window.

[00:08:35]>> Window. Right window. Movement.

[00:08:37]>> Hey, bro. Come outside WITH YOUR HANDS UP. RIGHT. A LITTLE BROKEN that window.

[00:08:42]>> Hey, watch out. We got movement on this right window right here.

[00:08:45]>> Occupants 860, come out with your hands up.

[00:08:51]>> I'm assuming y'all have ER. Are you coming? A barricade instead of this call would be nice. Use a PA situated.

[00:09:00]>> Use a PA system. Start call. I'll pick you up. I'll pick you up. Go ahead and talk. You need to >> hold on this back door. What's your name? Uh, Steven, that's a weird name. Tell the occupant 860.

[00:09:13]>> Looking out the front.

[00:09:16]>> Somebody is.

[00:09:16]>> This is the Lexington Police Department.

[00:09:18]Occupants of 860. Slowly step out with your hands up. All occupants, please step out with your hands up.

[00:09:25]>> Hey, IS ANYBODY ELSE IN THERE?

[00:09:26]>> IS ANYONE ELSE in the residence? 121. We got somebody coming out.

[00:09:31]>> Hey, let's go.

[00:09:32]>> We have a shield. We have two people exiting.

[00:09:34]>> Central, just stand by. Hold the radio.

[00:09:35]He's coming Just trying not to get cross.

[00:09:38]>> Still got movement in this right window.

[00:09:39]>> Hey, don't go up there.

[00:09:40]>> 320.

[00:09:42]>> We still got movement in that right window.

[00:09:44]>> Hey Joe, you got a scope.

[00:09:45]>> Two males come out of this residence.

[00:09:47]Not the suspect. They're somebody still inside.

[00:09:52]>> In the house.

[00:09:53]>> Suspect is in the house.

[00:09:54]>> There's a shield.

[00:09:55]>> Confirm.

[00:09:57]>> Clear to keep the argument.

[00:09:58]>> Yes, that's affirmative. Keep him coming, please.

[00:10:00]>> Units on Whitney. I'm being advised that he's standing behind the front door. One of the homeowners across the street just told me to stay behind the door.

[00:10:06]>> Where are you?

[00:10:07]>> Trying to get to him.

[00:10:08]>> Hey, Antoine. They're saying he's in there.

[00:10:10]>> He is for sure inside >> with no shirt on.

[00:10:15]>> Come outside, FEMALE. FEMALE, >> COME OUT NOW. LET'S GO. MOVE FASTER.

[00:10:20]>> WALK.

[00:10:21]>> COME OUT TO THE ROAD. Keep walking.

[00:10:24]>> Keep walking the hallway to the road.

[00:10:26]Keep going to the road. Move faster.

[00:10:29]This way. Hurry. This way. Come to me.

[00:10:32]Hurry.

[00:10:33]>> Come. Let's go.

[00:10:36]>> I don't think that's >> They're saying that two came out and he's still in.

[00:10:39]>> One guy left inside.

[00:10:42]>> What's your last name?

[00:10:43]>> Pardon?

[00:10:44]>> Okay. Hey, you have the right to remain silent. Okay. Anything say can't we use against your court? Do you have a car close?

[00:10:49]>> No, it's minus two.

[00:10:50]>> But I'll stand with her.

[00:10:51]>> No, I was just going to put her in the car.

[00:10:54]>> Contact with suspect. Out the door.

[00:10:56]>> The door. At the door. At the door.

[00:10:59]EVERYBODY EVERYBODY hold >> I'm going through the cover. I'm going through cover.

[00:11:14]>> I'm stay I'm staying on the back just IN CASE.

[00:11:16]>> EVERYBODY STOP TALKING and face to me.

[00:11:20]>> Dog's gone. Dogs out. DOGS OUT.

[00:11:22]>> HEY, PUT YOUR HANDS UP.

[00:11:24]>> HANDS UP.

[00:11:25]>> WE GOT CONTACT HERE, CENTRAL.

[00:11:27]>> HEY, come here. HERE. HERE. AWAY FROM HERE. HEY EVERYBODY, STOP TALKING AND WALK TOWARDS ME.

[00:11:33]>> Look at me. Turn and walk. Turn away from me.

[00:11:36]>> Watch your back. Watch your cross. Watch cross. Watch cross on the right side.

[00:11:41]>> Turn around. NOW WALK BACKWARDS. Is there anybody in the house?

[00:11:46]>> What's your name?

[00:11:53]>> I got cuffs.

[00:11:54]>> Hey, face away.

[00:11:56]>> I got you right here.

[00:11:58]Put your hands behind your back.

[00:12:01]>> Stand by. Central. We're taking to the ground.

[00:12:06]>> Hey, plate me. Plate me.

[00:12:08]>> Hey, play to the house. Play to the house. WE DON'T KNOW IT. WE DON'T KNOW.

[00:12:11]THAT'S IT.

[00:12:13]On the subject, correct?

[00:12:18]>> Hey, get up. Get up. Get up.

[00:12:22]Where we going?

[00:12:25]>> Whose car are we putting him in, my friend?

[00:12:27]>> I didn't kill him. Whose car we put him in?

[00:12:30]>> Hey, WE PUT HIM IN YOUR EXPEDITION.

[00:12:33]>> Let's go.

[00:12:34]>> Hey, my go pat him down. Pat him down.

[00:12:41]>> Man, you got anything on you?

[00:12:43]>> Pat him down bull, man.

[00:12:46]>> Who the dare you?

[00:12:47]>> Huh? My friend, >> you got to watch your back though cuz they ain't clear the house.

[00:12:55]>> Get your ass in there, man.

[00:13:02]>> That is him.

[00:13:07]>> What's your name?

[00:13:10]>> Stephen. What?

[00:13:12]>> Stephen Sensei.

[00:13:13]>> Yeah. Okay. Did you just Hey guys on the rear. We got guys going in the clear. Hold your fire. Okay. He says he's got a friend with him. He got a friend with him. Daddy's got a friend.

[00:13:31]>> Hey boys. He said there's some guy named James that's involved. I don't know who Dave is. Dave is >> Clemens. There might be one more in there.

[00:13:39]>> Hey, get more announcements at the door.

[00:13:47]I got confirmation of it. I just >> That's what I've heard, too.

[00:13:54]>> I'm hoping it's made up. No one.

[00:14:00]>> Did they pat him down?

[00:14:00]>> Yeah. Just make sure.

[00:14:01]>> Okay.

[00:14:02]>> Are you rolling?

[00:14:15]Why guy? Why guy?

[00:14:17]>> Two sets on his back. How you going to do it? Get him out. Put one set on him.

[00:14:22]>> Flip out the car.

[00:14:24]>> Come on.

[00:14:26]>> Yeah. Okay.

[00:14:31]>> Shut up.

[00:14:32]>> I don't want to hear you talk.

[00:14:34]>> Shut the up.

[00:14:39]You need a license and EMS unit to signal to with you.

[00:14:42]>> I'm going to have your EMS clearing.

[00:14:44]>> There was the other guy that was in the house here with him or the girl.

[00:14:47]>> You think there's two other guys that got pulled out?

[00:14:49]>> Seen a picture of body cam. It's just a gun pointed at the window and 242 gun on there saying now is he on the top with him?

[00:14:59]>> He showed up.

[00:15:01]I didn't hear anything from Caleb.

[00:15:02]>> It's a lot to take in. Just even just me showing up here. Can't imagine being there.

[00:15:06]>> I want to pat him out again. What's he need to check that out for? Cuz it pisses you off.

[00:15:21]>> All right. You need to go to the hospital.

[00:15:25]>> All right. We'll figure it out. Okay.

[00:15:28]I'm picking my rubber mush. My bad.

[00:15:34]>> Hey, they're trying to check his vitals real quick.

[00:15:42]He's urinating himself and acting like he's panic 142.

[00:16:00]>> Are you want to go to the hospital at all? I checked out. Sorry.

[00:16:04]>> Checked out more than we just checked you out.

[00:16:06]>> I'm just tired more.

[00:16:08]>> Anything?

[00:16:08]>> I know. I know this is horribly bad, but the bad it's not bad.

[00:16:12]>> Is anything bothering you specifically?

[00:16:16]>> That's it.

[00:16:22]>> Head back to the hospital.

[00:16:27]>> You ready?

[00:16:34]Have a seat.

[00:16:37]Swing your feet up right now. Do it now.

[00:16:39]Put your [ __ ] feet up there.

[00:16:52]See you soon.

[00:16:57]>> Yeah, kids, mother.

[00:17:01]You're a piece of keep an eye on the wheel. And I'm saying that because I've been through this before, not unlike you guys have with Jamie's thing and now this and Brian Dur's thing. Keep an eye on Will and keep an eye on Dom. They need some time off.

[00:17:24]>> ESL unit. We're going to go to UK.

[00:17:26]>> You don't say a word, you keep your mouth shut.

[00:17:30]in the world.

[00:17:31]>> She just turned the gun on herself.

[00:17:33]>> You're going to have to stay away. Did you do any heroin? Your pupils are really small right now. That's not really indicative of cocaine.

[00:17:39]>> Yeah. Yeah. You are sorry. That boy had kids.

[00:17:44]>> Yeah. Yeah. Oh my. Just shut up. Just don't say nothing else.

[00:17:49]>> Shut up. Shut up. Just don't talk. It's not that hard. Keep your mouth shut.

[00:17:53]>> Sir, I'm going to have to narc you if you don't stay awake.

[00:17:55]>> Yeah. I think you don't need to be naran. What kind of dope are you taking?

[00:17:59]>> Never mind.

[00:18:00]>> Sir, you have not done cocaine. Your pupils are smelling.

[00:18:05]>> If you fall asleep again, we're going to have to nar.

[00:18:07]>> Keep your eyes open. Wake up. This ain't something you need to be falling asleep for.

[00:18:14]>> Keep your eyes open.

[00:18:15]>> The bed. We can't treat.

[00:18:17]>> Wake up.

[00:18:21]>> No. Just wake up.

[00:18:23]>> Wake up. He's been knocking off. Stay awake.

[00:18:29]>> Hey, sir. I'm Dr. Kim. I'll be your doctor.

[00:18:32]>> What's going on?

[00:18:34]>> Are you having any symptoms at all?

[00:18:36]>> No.

[00:18:37]>> No. Okay, that's good.

[00:18:38]>> Stay awake.

[00:18:39]>> Somebody pull some.

[00:18:40]>> Stay awake.

[00:18:42]>> Open your eyes.

[00:18:44]>> Why are you so sleepy? Do we know? He >> says he took cocaine.

[00:18:56]After their arrest, Steven's alleged girlfriend, Monica Harden, was charged with one count of seconddegree criminal facilitation of a burglary, one count of criminal facilitation of theft by unlawful taking, and one count of what is listed as an other felony state offense. The Kentucky Department of Corrections indicates she was sentenced to 3 years of probation, which is set to end in November of 2026. However, she also held a warrant in Ohio for charges including two counts of breaking and entering, one count of theft from a person in a protected class, and one count of grand theft auto. For her Ohio case, some charges were dismissed and others were reduced to a lesser charge, and she was ultimately convicted on one count of misdemeanor theft and one count of attempted grand theft auto. While it is not clear via Ohio's court website what she was sentenced, these charges carry a maximum consecutive sentence of 18 months in prison, meaning if she was sentenced to the maximum, she has already been released by the time this video is published. Steven's charges and sentence were more clearly defined. He was charged with one count of murder of a police officer, two counts of possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, three counts of first-degree robbery, one count of first-degree want and endangerment, one count of first-degree assault, and two counts of burglary. Many of his charges came with persistent felony offender sentence enhancements. According to the Kentucky Department of Corrections, Steven was convicted on all counts and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole plus a combined 170 years. If you would like to donate to David, the surviving victim who was shot twice in the stomach by Steven during the second carjacking, we've provided a GoFundMe link in the description below.