In the early hours of September 16, 2016, 51-year-old Thomas E. Holmes and his 20-year-old son, Thomas A. Holmes, were found inside their Gerald Avenue home in Louisville’s Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood, each suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Authorities were called around 1 a.m. after a reported home invasion; Billie Young, the elder Holmes’s girlfriend of 23 years and the younger’s mother, survived after being shot at and later described a male intruder entering through what may have been an unlocked front door. Young said the intruder first shot her son in the hallway, then shot Thomas E.

Holmes in the bedroom and again at his son at point-blank range before fleeing, and she reported that nothing was stolen from the home. The initial investigation produced few leads and no arrests; the family has questioned the random-invasion theory and suggested the younger man may have known the shooter, even alleging a possible cartel connection that police have not confirmed. A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. If anyone knew Thomas E.

Holmes, his son, or saw anything unusual in that neighborhood the night of September 15–16, 2016, please come forward with information.