A party at an Airbnb and Vrbo property that resulted in bullets flying into a nearby home with a 3-year-old inside has further angered Plano residents already fighting against short-term rentals in their neighborhoods.
A bullet went through the window of one resident’s home. Plano community members have advocated against short-term rentals in their neighborhoods.
Many of those residents and those from the Texas Neighborhood Coalition, wielding signs reading “Enough is Enough” and “Stop Short-Term Rentals Now,” showed up at City Council on Monday to voice their concerns. Before the shooting, several neighbors had already called police with noise complaints concerning a party happening at the home.that no arrests have been made in connection with the shooting.Residents’ pleas
“Please put yourself in my situation,” Sanchez tearfully told the council. “It could have been your daughter, your son, your sister, your mother. It could have been you. So let’s prevent that from happening.” “There were all these kids hanging out of the doors and windows of their cars screaming and cussing,” Jorja toldAccording to Tim Landauer, the police came and asked the people at the party to settle down.“When all the gunshots were running, I was like ‘Oh my gosh,’ and I suddenly just hit the ground because I was terrified that one of us was going to get hit,"Jorja Landauer said.
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