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THREE PEOPLE HAVE been shot dead and four others injured at a luxury home near Beverly Hills, at what US police described as a gathering at a short-term rental property.
Emergency services rushed to the swanky address in the Benedict Canyon area of Los Angeles overnight, where they found three people dead in a vehicle parked outside.
Four others are being treated in hospital, two of them for critical injuries.
The incident, which came on the heels of two mass shootings in California that claimed 18 lives, happened in an area nestled between Beverly Hills and Bel Air, where multi-million dollar homes with lush landscaping enjoy stunning views of the Los Angeles skyline.
Detectives investigating the attack say it happened at a “short term rental home,” the Los Angeles Times reported.
Homes close to the scene of the shooting – which were not involved – were shown as available on AirBnB at up to $10,000 for a weekend.
The property at which the shooting took place was not listed on the site.
Police said there was some kind of gathering at the location.
“We called it a gathering, until we can interview some of the people that were here to determine exactly what kind of gathering it was,” Los Angeles Police Department’s Bruce Borihanh told reporters.
“Investigators are also going door to door and looking for additional surveillance video, or any evidence that can help us determine what happened here and why these victims were shot.”
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A daily headline unfortunately.
May they RIP
Terrible, but sadly not news anymore from America.There are more guns in America than people…I was surprised to read this last week… something terribly wrong with a society that has so much fun crime.
@Ronan Skelly: should have read” gun crime”
@Ronan Skelly: “fun crime” is when the government lines their buddies pockets with billions of euro to build a children’s hospital
USA sick gun culture
what’s a swanky address got to do with it?
How do the American public not wonder will it be their turn tomorrow. It is always someone else’s turn tomorrow.
@Paul Furey: I think this is the reason so many carry guns. I know some people feel the need to be able to protect their children (and themselves and family and friends) and feel the best way to do this it to be armed themselves and not depend upon anyone else for protection. How one breaks this cycle and stops people feeling the need to sleep with a gun under their pillow is the issue.
Very sad
I’m not shocked anymore and that scares me
Shootings in America… Not news anymore.. so sad. RIP to all those who lost their lives.
The U.S is the most medicated country in the world yet people are blaming the guns? If they hadn’t guns they would find some other method to slaughter each other. Big pharma has more blood on its hands than any weapons manufacturer.
4th paragraph down, I thought I was reading one of the Journal’s property sponsors.
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