A fatal shooting at a home in north Charlotte on Sunday night stemmed from a pool party booked through a peer-to-peer rental app called Swimply.
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Channel 9’s Hunter Sáenz just spoke with a woman who lives in a house on Harkers Road near Old Statesville and Interstate 485.
She said she rented out the pool and was not home when she received the call about the shooting. Richard Thomas, 20, died and four others were injured. The tenant said the event was allowed for 200 people, but she estimated there were 500 partygoers at the pool.
Neighbor Colby Granger told Saenz there were hundreds of people there.
“(Someone) was sprinting,” he said. “There were 150 people in the backyard, 50 people in the front yard, people running around. Hiding in the bushes, running across the street, running to get in cars, cars driving through the front yard, picking people up, it was chaos.”
Swimply is similar to Airbnb, but for pools and can offer more amenities like hot tubs, bathrooms, grills, speakers, and more.
Sáenz will interview the woman who rented out the pool on Channel 9 at 5 p.m.
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