On the night of August 3, 2022, shots were reported on Babs Arbor in Cumberland, Kentucky. At about 10:50 p.m., responding officers found 36-year-old Brandon Lee Saylor with a single gunshot wound to his back; he was pronounced dead at the scene by the Deputy Coroner. Saylor, born October 14, 1985, in Harlan, worked locally as a handyman.

Kentucky State Police detectives from Post 10 led the investigation and collected evidence at the scene. Following that evidence collection, authorities arrested two men, Mark Bowling and Dylan Blair; both were charged with murder and lodged in the Harlan County Detention Center. The Kentucky State Police continue to investigate the shooting to clarify all aspects of what happened that night.

If anyone has information about Brandon, the events on Babs Arbor that evening, or saw anything unusual in Cumberland on August 3, 2022, please share what is known.