Three people were shot dead and four others wounded at a mansion near Beverly Hills, California, on Sunday. Police described the crime scene as a short-term rental that was hosting some sort of party. Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press reported that the incident happened around 2:30 a.m. local time. When the police rushed to a mansion in (Benedict Canyon) in Los Angeles, they found three people in a car outside the crime scene. remains.
Four others are being treated in hospital, two of them in critical condition.
There have just been two mass shootings in California that claimed 18 lives. The latest massacre took place between Beverly Hills and Bel Air, an area with multimillion-dollar mansions and views of the Los Angeles skyline.
The Los Angeles Times reported that detectives investigating the attack said it took place in a “short-term rental home.”
According to Airbnb, a travel and accommodation booking platform, the asking price for a residence near the shooting scene but unrelated to the case can be as high as US$10,000 (regarding NT$306,000) for a weekend.
The residence where today’s shooting took place is not listed on Airbnb’s website.
Police said there was some sort of party at the scene of the incident.
“We’re calling it a party for now until we can interrogate people at the scene and clarify the nature of the party,” Los Angeles Police Department’s Bruce Borihanh told reporters.
He also stated that there is no information on the suspect at present, and said: “Investigators will also go door-to-door to find more surveillance footage or evidence to restore the incident and the motive of the murder.”
The number of mass shootings in the United States in which at least four people were killed or injured in 2022 will be more than 600 for the third year in a row, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research organization.