Man shot dead outside Airbnb pool party in northeast Houston

HOUSTON – Partygoers rushed to help a man who was shot multiple times outside an Airbnb where a pool party was taking place late Sunday night.

According to police, the 20-year-old was shot at around 11:15 p.m. right in front of the house on Orville Street near Homestead in northeast Houston.

Houston police said people at the party told them they did not know the victim. He died in the hospital.

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Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Houston Police Department Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

Data recently released by the City of Houston shows that between June 2023 and June 2024, over 60,000 calls were made to 911 within 300 feet of a short-term rental in Houston.

There are nearly 11,000 short-term rental apartments in the city.

Here they are most concentrated:

Districts C and D received more calls than any other district. Overall, the number of non-urgent calls to 311 within 300 feet of a short-term rental was over 7,700 during the same period.

Sunday night’s shooting occurred in Precinct B, which has just over 600 short-term rental apartments, the fewest number per square mile compared to other precincts.

Houston officials are discussing tougher action on short-term rentals and, according to recent reports, could take action before the end of the year.