In the aftermath of a mass shooting at an Airbnb rental house that left two 17-year-old boys dead and eight people wounded, neighbor Leonard Verdetto described what he said was “rapid fire” followed by panicked party-goers flooding out of the residence.
The episode erupted early Sunday morning across the street from Verdetto’s Pittsburgh home, and was one of three mass shootings in the United States over the Easter weekend, including two in South Carolina…at a mall and a restaurant.
The Gun Violence Archive, a website that tracks shootings across the nation, has tallied 139 mass shootings in the country in the first 107 days of 2022. The shooting marked the third time in nine days that gunfire erupted during parties being held at Airbnb rentals, including one near Sacramento, California, which left a teen dead, and another that rocked a suburban Houston residential neighborhood.
The owner of the Pittsburgh Airbnb rental has not been identified, but the listing specifically stated no parties were allowed and that any evidence of a party would result in a $500 fee. Airbnb said in a statement to ABC News that the person who booked the house and held the “unauthorized party” has been issued a lifetime ban from Airbnb. The company is cooperating with the Pittsburgh Police Department’s investigation.
Source-ABC
