The crime scene was well investigated by law enforcement such that the photographs and other evidence told a clear story of what happened – that Bass brutally murdered the three unsuspecting victims. Jurors also heard testimony from a ballistics expert and forensic pathologist detailing the distances from which Bass fired and injuries sustained by the victims. Bass used a shotgun to commit the murders, emptying a total of seven rounds into the heads and backs of the victims. Evidence adduced at trial, however, contradicted Bass’ story, and there was no evidence the victims ever fired a weapon. Bass stated that he was forced to shoot the victims, claiming self-defense, because all three men had “guns blazing” when he allegedly caught them stealing weapons and other items from his shop. Video surveillance showed Bass racking a shotgun before walking inside the shop just prior to the murders. Instead, the investigation revealed that Bass brought all three men to his home, bought them beer, cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana, and allowed them to party inside the shop. He texted his wife earlier on the day of the murders that he was “one step ahead of them.” No evidence supporting Bass’ story was presented at trial. Investigators testified that Bass claimed the three men were stealing from him. In return for their work, he often paid them with drugs and other gifts. Evidence showed that Bass was friends with the victims, who regularly worked for him at his home. Prosecutors Mark Boemio and Nicole Washington presented evidence that on October 12, 2019, Bass shot all three men with a shotgun inside a detached shop at his residence. The Honorable Judge Mark Morefield, 75th Judicial District Court, presided over the four-day trial.
On October 28, 2021, a jury sentenced Andrew Jared Bass, 32, to life without the possibility of parole after finding him guilty of Capital Murder for the brutal murder of three individuals, Walter Brown, Odell Wells, and Christopher Wells, in the Old River area of Liberty County, south of Dayton that occurred on October 12, 2019.
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