Ex-Fiancée Slain in Double Murder-Suicide After She Escapes Into Woods With Killer

A woman and a man were killed in what authorities say was a shooting rampage carried out by her ex-fiancée, who then died by suicide.

Heavan Glison, 24, and Daylon Bradford, 33, were found shot in separate but nearby locations in Independence, Ky. on Sunday, Sept. 21, the Independence Police Department tells PEOPLE in a statement.

(Glison’s name is spelled as “Heaven Glisson” on Facebook and by FOX 19. Other outlets identify her Heavan Glison, as seen in the police’s statement).

Police also found Glison’s ex-fiancée Donald Bryant, 34, dead alongside her in the woods.

The former couple were pronounced dead at the scene, and Bradford died Tuesday early morning, Independence police said.

Glison and Bryant were previously engaged and share a child who is just a few months old, her relative Kristina Cochran told FOX 19.

Cochran is the grandmother of Glison’s oldest child.

The investigation began late Sunday evening when officers responded to a report of a shooting at an apartment complex, Independence police said in their statement.

They initially found Bradford in critical condition

FOX 19 reports officers were then told Bryan and Glison fled into the woods; Independence police did not confirm this detail with PEOPLE.

Officials established a perimeter and a search began with canines and drones in the area. At one point, police heard several gunshots from the woods, prompting response from the SWAT team, per Independence police’s statement.

Canines then found Bryant and Glison’s bodies in the woods at around 3 a.m.

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Police determined Bryant carried out the murder-suicide, resulting in the killings of Glison and Bradford.

Cochran told FOX 19 that Glison had confided in her about Bryant’s abuse. After breaking off the engagement, Cochran said, Glison had moved to the apartment complex to get away from him.

While police have yet to determine how Bradford was connected to the former couple, they claim he lived in the same apartment complex as Glison, where the shooting took place, the outlet reported.

The investigation is still ongoing.

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