2 men identified as victims of fatal shooting early Sunday morning on Baxter Avenue in the Highlands

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified the two victims of the fatal shooting early Sunday morning outside a popular stretch of late-night bars and restaurant on Baxter Avenue in the Highlands.

Montay Wade, 29, and Michael Bachelor Jr., 20, both died of multiple gunshots just after 2 a.m., the coroner's office said.

Louisville Metro Police spokesperson John Bradley said officers responded to the 900 block of Baxter Avenue, between Highland Avenue and Broadway, around 1:45 a.m. Sunday on the report of shots fired. Officers arrived on scene to find Bachelor shot and killed. Wade was located nearby and transported by EMS to UofL Hospital, where he also died.

A third man arrived by private vehicle to Norton Women and Children's Hospital, but he's expected to survive.

LMPD's Homicide Unit is investigating the triple shooting. Police haven't revealed exactly what led up to the shootings, but officers blocked off a large stretch of Baxter Avenue early Sunday morning from O'Shea's Irish Pub to Baxter's 942 Bar & Grill.

An employee at a nearby business said the shooting happened out on Baxter Avenue in between T-Mobile and Pataya.

People in the area posted on social media that they were "terrified." In a chaotic scene, hundreds of people filled the streets after the early morning shooting as outnumbered LMPD officers and other first responders called for backup.

"This is likely gang-related," Louisville Metro Council member Ben Reno-Weber said Sunday. "I've been in contact with LMPD, with ABC. We are not going to continue to tolerate a culture of violence here."

LMPD said there are no known suspects in the Highlands shooting. Anyone with information in this or any other case is asked to call LMPD's anonymous Crime Tip Line at 502-574-LMPD (5673). Tips can also be submitted anonymously online through the LMPD Crime Tip Portal by clicking here.

The Original Highlands Neighborhood Association plans to host a meeting later this month to discuss the violence occurring in the Highlands.

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