Neighbors to review oversight of short-term housing rentals after fatal shooting

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An early Sunday shooting that killed a woman and injured two people has been linked to a short-term rental, raising new safety concerns.

The Meridian-Kessler neighborhood was shaken after the shooting at a short-term rental that killed 38-year-old Brittany Members. Police say they have not yet completed their investigation of the shooting reported about 1 a.m. Sunday in the 4000 block of North Park Avenue on the north side of Indianapolis.

Emma Clust, president of the Meridian-Kessler Neighborhood Association board, said Monday, “Lots of teenagers in the street screaming, sirens, hundreds, maybe more than 100 shots fired. It was deeply, deeply traumatizing for those people.”Clust said about short-term rentals, “Ensuring that they’re registered with the Department of Business Neighborhood Services rental registry, which this property was not, and leveraging whatever technology is available to detect and prevent large gatherings.”…

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