Crime & Safety

Coroner IDs Man, 52, Found Dead In West Hollywood Home

Sheriff's homicide detectives are investigating the death of a 52-year-old man who was found inside a West Hollywood home.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA — Sheriff's homicide detectives continued their investigation Sunday surrounding the circumstances of a 52-year-old man found dead at a home in West Hollywood.

The victim was identified as Kent Butler Bass of West Hollywood, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

The death was reported at 10:23 p.m. Friday in the 1100 block of North Olive Drive, said Deputy James Nagao of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Information Bureau.

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Bass was pronounced dead at the scene, Nagao said. No further information was available, he said.

Anyone with information regarding the death was urged to call the sheriff's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

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—City News Service