Wake County man receives $500K bond: Accused of running over child's grandmother, killing her

Apex police said a man drove into and killed a woman who was the grandmother of a child at the center of a custody exchange on Friday night.
Posted 4/7/2025, 4:34:00 PM Updated 4/7/2025, 9:17:28 PM

>> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S BEEN A

ROLLERCOASTER OF A DAY. THANKS.

WELL, WE'RE LEARNING MORE

TONIGHT ABOUT HOW A TRAGIC

STORY UNFOLDING IN APEX.

A 72 YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER WAS

STRUCK AND KILLED BY HER

SON-IN-LAW'S CAR AS HE WAS

PICKING UP HER GRANDCHILD THIS

WEEKEND. WRAL'S CHELSEA DONOVAN

IS LIVE WITH NEW DETAILS.

AND CHELSEA, HOW DID ALL OF

THIS START?

>> INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH ARE

TRAGICALLY ENOUGH. IT WAS AN

ALTERCATION THAT STARTED WITH

A BOOSTER SEAT. THIS

GRANDMOTHER WENT TO GIVE HER 6

YEAR-OLD GRANDSON TO ITS

FATHER. SHE NOTICED THAT THERE

WASN'T A BOOSTER SEAT IN THE

BACK SEAT THAT LED TO THIS

DEADLY ALTERCATION IN MOMENT.

SHE WAS DRAGGED UNDER THE CAR

AND KILLED.

>> THIS WOMAN IN THE RAIN COAT

JUST LOST HER MOTHER ON FRIDAY.

72 YEAR-OLD FOR KUHIO BRYANT

AFTER SHE WAS HIT AND DRAGGED

BY A CAR RIGHT HERE IN APEX IN

FRONT OF HER HOME.

THIS IS THE MAN ACCUSED OF

KILLING HER WHILE DOING A

CUSTODY EXCHANGE FOR 6 YEAR-OLD

SON AT THE GRANDPARENTS.

HOUSE ARGUMENT CALL THE

DRIVEWAY AND MURDER.

>> WANT TO GET BACK TO THE WAR

SHOW, SIGNS OF IT.

>> THE VICTIM AND HER HUSBAND

WERE MARRIED FOR 48 YEARS, JUST

CELEBRATED THEIR 40TH WEDDING

ANNIVERSARY. MELANIE, TO

VALLOW'S. THE FAMILY'S ATTORNEY

SAID THEY'VE HAD A HISTORY WITH

BRADFORD BROWN. THERE HAVE BEEN

NUMEROUS INSTANCES WHERE HE WAS

VOLATILE IN THE PAST ROUND

DISAGREED.

THAT LOW SAID THE 6 YEAR-OLD

BOY IS TRAUMATIZED, PHYSICALLY

HARMED SCARRED FOR HIS ENTIRE

LIFE. YES.

>> WE SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT

BROWN DID APOLOGIZE IN COURT

TODAY WHEN HE WAS THERE A

BEHIND BARS ON THE VIDEO

MONITOR HE WAS ORDERED TO HAVE

A HALF-MILLION-DOLLAR BOND AND

NO CONTACT WITH HIS OWN SON OR

THE VICTIM'S FAMILY. IF YOU

WERE TO BE RELEASED LIVE IN