On the early morning of August 11, 2024, the Highlands nightlife district in Louisville was rocked by multiple shootings that left two men dead and a third wounded. Twenty-year-old Michael Bachelor Jr., a Black male, was found at the scene in the area between the 1500 block of Morton Avenue and the 900 block of Baxter Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead. The other man killed that night was 29-year-old Montay Wade; a third person suffered injuries and was expected to survive.

Witnesses and bystanders drew a large crowd as officers cordoned off a portion of Baxter Avenue to investigate. Police described their work on the case as preliminary, while a local council member suggested the violence could be gang-related, a characterization disputed by the victims’ families. Few details beyond those immediate facts have been released about the events that led to the shootings.

If anyone was in the Highlands near Morton or Baxter avenues on August 11 and saw something that could help, please share what was seen with investigators.