PA - Mass Shooting at Party at Airbnb with 200 in attendance, Pittsburgh, 17 Apr 2022

[SassySquatch]

Two people were killed when at least 11 were shot at a home in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood on the North Side early Sunday, officials said.

As many as 200 people — many of them underage — were attending a large party at an Airbnb rental property near the intersection of Suismon Street and Madison Avenue when up to 50 shots were fired around 12:30 a.m., Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said.

2 killed, several injured in shooting at Airbnb party on Pittsburgh's North Side, police say

 

[SassySquatch]

Video from during the shooting in this article.

Pittsburgh shooting: 11 people shot in North Side East Allegheny

 

[SassySquatch]

Police news release.

Public Safety Blotter

 

[MimosaMornings]

I’m guessing an adult rented the house for these underage kids to party in.

 

[Laughing]

I’m guessing an adult rented the house for these underage kids to party in.

An irresponsible adult....

Rounds never chamber themselves, triggers never squeeze themselves -- people do those things.

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[SassySquatch]

Family staying at Airbnb below Pittsburgh mass shooting left an hour before shots fired

 

[MimosaMornings]

Family staying at Airbnb below Pittsburgh mass shooting left an hour before shots fired

“The family went back to the site Sunday morning to get their belongings. The mom told Channel 11 she had a bad feeling about staying overnight and was concerned for their safety.

“Since I don’t operate the unit upstairs, it’s a completely separate entity, there’s nothing I can legally do about what was going on upstairs. There’s no way I could’ve stopped it,” the downstairs host, Stephen Long, said.

Long showed our crew the bullet holes by the beds that the family would’ve slept in. He said he’s grateful the family stayed in a hotel Saturday night.”

Did the renters contact the downstairs host to notify him of the party/noise/crowd informing him of their departure and did he offer to put them up in a hotel?

Did the downstairs host contact the police to report the party since he knew it was against Airbnb policy?

I found it was useful to know the other hosts in a shared building when we had an Airbnb unit. Thank goodness we sold ours a while back, the party situation was getting out of control. Parents would rent for their high school kids and leave the house.
JMO

 

[al66pine]

Fast Fundraising?

Family staying at Airbnb below Pittsburgh mass shooting left an hour before shots fired

@SassySquatch Thanks for your post w link
The shootings resulting in two deaths started around midnight EDT.
The fundraiser w a $50,000 goal to "help victims and their families pay for funeral costs" and not referring to the deceased by their names, popped up about 6:00 a.m. Pittsburgh time.
I wonder if this campaign organizer is actually related to or associated w victims or their families.

___________________________
Article has link to fundraiser page w this title:
"Easter Day Mass Shooting"
Family staying at Airbnb below Pittsburgh mass shooting left an hour before shots fired

 

[Missing Susan]

Why not $50000 fund for the cops just working the night shift having to roll into an active gunfight with mass casualties and people jumping out of windows on a holiday?

 

[SassySquatch]

“The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office identified the victims as 17-year-old Jaiden Brown and 17-year-old Mathew Steffy-Ross.“

https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/two-17-year-old-boys-killed-pittsburgh-mass-shooting-easter-sunday/HFSLLSTV7JCZZMWVHHUL6AF3FI/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR02X1wvaCvZZBVF4H_rkIKpN-jJ9XJ6MNFYgW252pTB4W3zm7qxu7KKbZY#l2438e6ph0wqeee7y8f

 

[Laughing]

Lifetime ban from AirBnB is a start:

Airbnb issues statement, lifetime ban for renter of Pittsburgh home where mass shooting took place

Anxiously awaiting charges....

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[SassySquatch]

Pittsburgh police chief confirms AR-15 style weapon used in Airbnb mass shooting

 

[SassySquatch]

“Sources say a group of friends organized the event, but Barr actually rented the space to the mother of one of them and the payment was charged to her credit card.”

“The woman's son and others then posted a flyer on social media. For $5 a head, inviting all comers, advising them to bring their own weed and alcohol.”

Pittsburgh Mass Shooting: Police sources paint picture of what led up to deadly shooting

 

[SassySquatch]

Matching shell casings link Easter Sunday mass shooting, Wilkinsburg triple shooting investigations

Two major homicide cases are now linked because of shell casings found at each scene.

www.wpxi.com

 

[SassySquatch]

No arrests reported two months after Easter Sunday mass shooting, what police are saying

On Easter Sunday, a massive teen party was held on the city’s North Side. The event would claim the lives of two teens as dozens of shots rang out. Now two months later, police have provided little to no information about where the investigation stands.

www.wpxi.com

 

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No arrests reported two months after Easter Sunday mass shooting, what police are saying

On Easter Sunday, a massive teen party was held on the city’s North Side. The event would claim the lives of two teens as dozens of shots rang out. Now two months later, police have provided little to no information about where the investigation stands.

www.wpxi.com

Not even the person who fraudulently booked the AirBnB???

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Problems with Airbnb persist in the city and it's become a thorn in the side of residents who say investors continue to buy up homes and convert them into short-term rentals, resulting in more noisy, late nights and garbage-strewn mornings.

"Parties going on into the wee hours of the morning, beer cans, bottles being left behind," said John Augustine, a resident of the Mexican War Streets.

Pittsburgh residents becoming frustrated with a lack of regulation surrounding Airbnbs

Three years after a deadly Easter Sunday shooting at an Airbnb on the North Side, residents are concerned about the spread of short-term rentals.

www.cbsnews.com