The Bass family in Louisville has been struck by repeated violence. Michael Bass Sr. was one of three men found fatally shot inside a Park DuValle home; the other two victims were Larry Thomas and John Bailey of Baltimore. The Jefferson County Coroner attributed all three deaths to multiple gunshot wounds. Louisville Metro Police identified William E. Mason as a suspect and charged him with three counts of murder; authorities said the killings did not appear to be gang-related or domestic and that the victims knew the suspect through at least one common acquaintance.

Five years later the family endured another fatal shooting when 18-year-old Waggener High School student Michael Bass Jr. was shot and killed inside his home. His mother, Maranesha Williams-Bass, said the front door was left open and that holes in the walls suggested a struggle; she believes her son may have known the person he let into the house. No arrests had been announced in Michael Jr.’s case and the family is asking anyone with information to come forward.

Does anyone in Louisville remember seeing or hearing anything around Park DuValle or the Waggener neighborhood that could help these investigations?