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Scottsdale STR - Party erupted into a gunfight "2:15 a.m. sounded like a gun battle”

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  • Scottsdale Austin Tuktoyaktuk
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Things get HOT in Scottsdale (that's somewhere in Arizona ) where it was 117 degrees yesterday

Shootout at short-term rental riles mayor

https://www.scottsdale.org/cit...

By just about any definition it was a bad party – ending in gunshots, screams and sirens.

But it could have been worse.

Perhaps miraculously, no one was injured during a gunfight after a holiday party spilled into a normally-quiet south Scottsdale cul-de-sac.

While the East Kimsey Lane party at a short-term rental was still being investigated, police learned a woman who died of gunshots in Phoenix likely was at the Scottsdale party.

“On July 5 at approximately (2:14 a.m.) several reporting parties advised there were gunshots in the roadway related to a short-term rental property” on East Kimsey Lane, a police report stated. “There were numerous callers who reported screaming, people in the street and gunfire.”

In addition to raising the ire of Mayor David Ortega, the incident also raises some questions about the police response: neighbors were shocked to see three officers pointing rifles at the party house.

And an officer pointed his rifle at a car with a reported gunman speeding away, but did not pursue it.

A police spokesman said the responding officers correctly followed department procedures.

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Insane story. 

One of the hidden advantages of investing in a place where 90% of guests have to get on a plane... people have to leave their weapons at home. 

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