On a late Sunday night, September 21, 2025, the quiet of the Taylor Ridge Apartments in Independence, Kentucky, was shattered by gunfire. Responding to reports of a shooting at approximately 11:21 p.m., officers discovered 33-year-old Daylon Bradford, a White/Caucasian male, suffering from a gunshot wound outside the complex. First responders rendered aid to Bradford before he was rushed to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries the following day, September 22.
As police began their investigation at the scene, they learned from witnesses that a man and a woman had fled into the nearby woods shortly after the shooting. The man was identified as 34-year-old Donald Bryant, and the woman as his 24-year-old ex-fiancée, Heavan Glison. Glison had recently moved to the apartment complex to distance herself from a turbulent relationship with Bryant, with whom she shared an infant child. In the days leading up to the tragic events, Glison had contacted authorities about Bryant's threatening behavior.
With a perimeter established, law enforcement, including SWAT, K-9 units, and drones, began a search of the wooded area. Around 1:20 a.m., more gunshots were heard from the woods, intensifying the search. At approximately 3 a.m., search teams made a grim discovery, finding the bodies of both Heavan Glison and Donald Bryant. The investigation concluded that Bryant had shot and killed Glison before turning the gun on himself in a murder-suicide.
Investigators determined that Donald Bryant was the sole suspect in the shooting of Daylon Bradford and the death of Heavan Glison. As Bryant died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, no arrests were made in connection with the case. Authorities have stated that there is no ongoing threat to the public. The incident was a tragic culmination of a domestic dispute that left three people dead and a community in mourning. Daylon Bradford was remembered by loved ones as a father and a friend.
