Speak up, speak out’: LMPD asks for tips to solve New Years shooting outside motorcycle club
Noelle Friel WAVE 3 January 1, 2025
https://www.wave3.com/2025/01/02/speak-up-speak-out-lmpd-asks-tips-solve-new-years-shooting-outside-motorcycle-club
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – LMPD is asking for tips after a deadly shooting outside a motorcycle club in the Parkland neighborhood that happened just before midnight on New Year’s Eve
The shooting happened outside the “No Haterz” Motorcycle Club, located at 1120 South 36th Street. Police say 21-year-old Michael Lamont Bass II was shot in the chest. LMPD says people at the club drove him to UofL Hospital, where he died in surgery.
“First of the year, first homicide, it’s disheartening but not surprising,” said Metro Council member Tammy Hawkins, who represents the district where the shooting occurred.
A flyer on the club’s Facebook page had invited people to pay to come to a New Year’s party, offering free food and free champagne.
It’s unclear if the club sells alcohol or has a liquor license with Metro ABC.
Hawkins said for social clubs where it’s mostly bring your own alcohol, there wouldn’t be any regulations around security like there are with clubs that are licensed.
“For the most part, all motorcycle clubs, they kind of police themselves, and they pretty much do a great job,” Hawkins said.
WAVE News reached out to the manager of the club’s Facebook page and so far has not heard back.
The topic of whether bars or clubs should be held responsible for shootings that happen outside their establishment has been controversial over the past year.
In June, a shooting outside of Club H2O killed one person and injured seven others. The bar’s owner asked for more police presence to help control the nightlife scene in the area and later voluntarily shut the club down.
In October, Metro ABC chose not to renew the liquor license of Baxter’s 942, citing “repeated acts of violence” emanating from events that occurred “in the vicinity” of the bar after it hired a local DJ, including a shooting that killed two people. The bar owner appealed the decision.
In March, Metro Council passed an ordinance that gave Metro ABC the authority to issue emergency license suspensions if a bar or club has violations that are deemed to be a threat to public safety.
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