On the night of September 16, 2016, a double homicide occurred inside a Gerald Avenue home in the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood of Louisville. Twenty-year-old Thomas A. Holmes and his 51-year-old father Thomas E. Holmes were both shot and killed; the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office determined both deaths were from multiple gunshot wounds. Billie Young, the younger Thomas’s mother and the elder Thomas’s girlfriend, survived and says a male entered through the front door and opened fire.

Young believes her son shouted Mom to distract the shooter and allow her to drop to the floor. She also says nothing was taken from the house, leaving motive unclear. The family questions the initial home-invasion theory, now saying Thomas A. Holmes may have known his killer and pointing to new leads and a person of interest; law enforcement has not publicly confirmed a cartel connection. No arrests have been announced and a $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone knew Thomas or has information about that night, please come forward.