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Anthony Lee King, 43, was shot dead outside his Butler County, Ohio, home on November 5, 2022, and his next-door neighbor, Austin Gene Combs, was charged with aggravated murder but later found incompetent to stand trial and not restorable within the statutory period.

King was doing yard work at his Chapel Road residence in Okeana, Morgan Township, at about 11:45 to 11:46 a.m. His wife, Kristen, had been outside with him before going inside to let the dog or dogs out. She heard multiple gunshots, looked outside and saw Combs walking away from King, who was on the ground. King was unarmed. An autopsy found he had been shot five times, including four times in the head, and the Butler County Coroner's Office ruled his death a homicide.

Combs, then 26 and later reported as 28, lived with or near his father. King lived with his wife and at least one son. Family members said Combs had approached or confronted King about four times and made statements. On a 911 call, Kristen King said Combs had confronted her husband because he thought King was a Democrat. Sheriff's investigators said Combs did not cite King's political beliefs as a motive during interviews. He instead offered claims that King had committed crimes and that he had broken into the King home and stolen underwear. Investigators found those claims false and found no supporting police reports or investigations. Sheriff's statements indicated his confessed reasons were non-political.

King's wife and son called 911. Butler County Sheriff's Office deputies confirmed King was dead at the scene and soon found Combs with his father in a Jeep on Ohio State Route 126 West. Combs denied involvement for several hours, then admitted shooting King several times with a revolver. Video evidence corroborated statements by Combs and witnesses. A search of his residence found multiple unlocked and readily available firearms, including the handgun used in the shooting, which Combs said was hidden behind boxes in a closet. Testing identified it as the murder weapon.

Prosecutors said the evidence showed prior calculation: Combs selected a firearm from multiple guns in his home, left his residence, went around a wooded tree line and waited until Kristen King left the yard before approaching and shooting King. Combs was arrested that day and initially charged with murder. A grand jury later indicted him on aggravated murder with a gun specification, and he pleaded not guilty. Bond was initially set at $950,000 and was later reported as either no bond or $1 million. Combs also had a reported 2017 incident involving stabbing his father. He was not convicted of assault, but he admitted it and his father corroborated the account during later questioning.

In March 2023, Butler County Common Pleas Judge Michael Oster Jr. found Combs incompetent to stand trial after forensic psychologist evaluations, but restorable with treatment, and ordered him to Summit Behavioral Health in Cincinnati. Combs at times refused medication, and prosecutors obtained authorization to medicate him forcibly. He was also charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly striking a facility worker in July 2023. Multiple competency evaluations followed, with reports conflicting at points and the defense disputing findings that he had been restored.

On August 16, 2024, Oster ruled that Combs could not be restored to competency within the remaining statutory time. The court retained jurisdiction and ordered him to remain in treatment at Summit Behavioral Health for life unless or until he is restored to competency, when he could face trial on the aggravated murder charge. No trial on the merits has occurred, and as of the most recent detailed public reports in 2024, there had been no conviction or criminal sentence for the shooting.

The video is about 41 minutes of police interview-room footage. It shows the interview itself, with no narration or presenter.