GLASGOW — Less than three hours before he was shot and killed, police in Glasgow fielded two separate complaints about Justin Satterly, including one from the sister of the accused shooter, according to a Glasgow Police Department officer’s testimony.

Satterly, 32, died Dec. 26, 2025, after being shot at a residence on Frazier Avenue, and Braxton Haley, 21, was arrested by GPD on a charge of murder.

Appearing via video-conferencing Monday for a preliminary hearing in Barren District Court, Haley saw Barren District Judge Gabe Pendleton bind his criminal case to a grand jury after finding probable cause that a crime had been committed and that Haley was the person responsible for committing it, a relatively low legal standard for the prosecution to meet.

GPD Officer John DuBarry testified at Monday’s hearing that police were called to Frazier Avenue at 3:54 p.m. Dec. 26 by someone who reported seeing Satterly appearing to be under the influence of an unknown substance and recording children riding bicycles.

DuBarry said that he responded and spoke with Braxton Haley’s sister, Vanna Haley, who he later testified was in a relationship with Satterly and pregnant with his child, and Vanna Haley reported that she and Satterly had been in a verbal argument before he left the area in a gray vehicle.

The officer said that Satterly and Vanna Haley were known to police through prior contacts regarding arguments between the two, and that Satterly was listed as a resident at the address where the shooting occurred.

A second complaint about Satterly came to DuBarry at 5:10 p.m. after Vanna Haley reported that she had been in another verbal argument with Satterly, who was then in the street yelling at neighbors.

“I observed Satterly in the middle of the road, throwing his hands up in the air, acting extremely agitated,” DuBarry said Monday.

The officer said he approached Satterly, who then ran from the scene, leading to multiple officers searching the area for him.

In the meantime, DuBarry said he made contact with both Haley siblings.

“Vanna said that (Satterly) came into her residence highly intoxicated and, in her word, ‘lost it,'” DuBarry said.

Braxton Haley reported that he attempted to intervene in the argument and that he feared for his sister’s safety, according to DuBarry’s testimony.

Police advised Vanna Haley multiple times on the procedure for seeking out an emergency protective order against Satterly, with DuBarry testifying that she could have gone to GPD headquarters and begun the process to do so.

GPD was still in the area looking for Satterly when DuBarry reported that he was dispatched to the Frazier Avenue residence at 6:18 p.m. on a report that Satterly was there and had been shot.

DuBarry said that he found Satterly lying at the top of a staircase at the back of the home taking shallow breaths, and then Braxton Haley came out of an upstairs room with his hands up and said “I’m so sorry.”

The officer said he asked Haley where Satterly had been shot, and Haley responded initially that he did not know, then later said possibly in the back.

Officers found an apparent entry wound in Satterly’s lower back and a protrusion at the front of his left lower abdomen, and police would later recover a rifle and a bullet casing from the home.

Satterly was pronounced dead at T.J. Samson Community Hospital.

“Braxton further stated he told us this would happen and he feared for his life,” DuBarry said Monday.

Police took a statement from Vanna Haley, who reportedly told officers that Satterly had broken into the home, which led the Haley siblings to go upstairs into a bedroom.

During that time, Braxton Haley reportedly retrieved a rifle from his room before returning to his sister and then warned Satterly not to come into the room or he would shoot, DuBarry said.

Satterly reportedly forced his way into the room and was shot once as he turned around, DuBarry testified.

Police noted that the front and back doors, plus the bedroom door inside, were damaged.

Braxton Haley’s defense team from the Department of Public Advocacy argued that there was sufficient evidence to show that Haley acted in defense of himself and his sister out of fear for his life after witnessing prior arguments between her and Satterly that afternoon.

Barren County Commonwealth’s Attorney John Gardner noted that the arguments had not become physical at any point, Vanna Haley was advised on the steps to obtain a protective order and police did not find a firearm on Satterly, whose listed address was the residence where he was shot.

Pendleton, in finding probable cause, noted the case presented “an unfortunate set of circumstances,” but said that DuBarry’s testimony indicated to him that Satterly had a legal right to be in the house.

“Whether (the Haleys) wanted him there or not is a different argument,” Pendleton said. “I find probable cause to send it to the grand jury and we’ll see what they decide to do.”

As of Monday afternoon, Braxton Haley remained in Barren County Corrections Center under a $750,000 cash bond.