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- Durham Morning Herald, Wednesday, March 29, 1972
Norwood T. Bass
Norwood T. Bass of 1116 N. Roxboro. St., died Monday at his home.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Gracie Bass; two children, Terry and Donda Bass; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Bass; five brothers, seven sisters, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Webb.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Durham Morning Herald, Tuesday, March 28, 1972
Gunfire Leaves Man Dead, Boy Wonded In Hip
One man was killed and a boy was wounded in a Monday shooting at the Red Hen, a restaurant at 424 Dowd St.
Norwood T. Bass, 26, of 1116 N. Roxboro St., was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. John Gore, a Durham County medical examiner. Bass was shot in the left side of his chest, police said.
Herbert Randolph Blue, 16, of 511 Canal St., was taken to Duke Hospital with a bullet wound in his lef hip. Blue was reported in ?Satisfactory? condition late Monday night.
Police charged Jimmy Lee Everett, 28, of 316 ½ Dowd Alley with the two shootings. Everett was being held in the County Jail without bond on a charge of murder. Bond was set at $2,000 on a second charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
Witnesses said a man entered the Red Hen shorlty before 5:30 p.m. Monday and started shooting a pistol for no apparent reason.
Everett was arrested about an hour later at the intersection of Corporation and Gurley Streets.
A hearing on the charges has been set for this morning in District Court.
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