A 23 second race gun battle in which 30 to 50 shots were fired at a teenager’s birthday party at an Airbnb-rented house in suburban Houston, leaving one person injured and police searching for suspects, the authorities said. authorities.
Camera footage from the doorbell of a house near the party’s home was obtained by the ABC station KTRK in Houston and captured the chaotic scene of several people running down a residential street and diving behind parked cars for cover as the Gun violence unfolded.
“There were so many gunshots, I can’t believe there weren’t more injuries, more deaths, more damage,” a woman who lives near the town told KTRK. Airbnb rental and witnessed the incident after arriving home with her daughter. “You know it could have been so much worse.”
A teenager’s birthday party at a rented house resulted in a fight and gunfire in a quiet family neighborhood in Brazoria County, Texas on Saturday, April 9, 2022.
KTRK
Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Robert Gonzales said the shooting happened Saturday night in Manville, about 24 miles south of Houston. He said a teenager had been shot in the foot.
Gonzales said the shooting erupted when a fight broke out at a 16th birthday party being held at the Airbnb-rented house.
No arrests were reported Tuesday morning.
A teenager’s birthday party at a rented house resulted in a fight and gunfire in a quiet family neighborhood in Brazoria County, Texas on Saturday, April 9, 2022.
KTRK
“We are trying to locate and get more information from the public,” Gonzales said.
Authorities said at least three guns were involved in the shooting, which left many cars in the neighborhood riddled with bullets and at least one window in a nearby home shattered.
Airbnb said in a statement that it removed the house from its platform and suspended the person who rented it pending its own investigation.
A teenager’s birthday party at a rented house resulted in a fight and gunfire in a quiet family neighborhood in Brazoria County, Texas on Saturday, April 9, 2022.
KTRK
“Airbnb prohibits parties and we condemn this senseless gun violence,” the company said in its statement. “We have contacted the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office and are ready to support their investigation.”
The shooting in Texas happened the same day that another shooting at an Airbnb rental home in Sacramento, Calif., in the suburb of Elk Grove, killed an 18-year-old man, according to the Texas Police Department. ‘Elk Grove. No arrests were made.
A preliminary investigation found the Airbnb rental was being used for a party at the time of the fatal Elk Grove shooting, police said in a statement. Detectives suspect there were 10 to 15 people at the house party, but most had left when officers arrived and found the victim inside the house, the statement said.
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