Shot fired at Airbnb used for week-long house party: Lethbridge police

A stock photo showing the Airbnb website. (Unsplash/Oberon Copeland @veryinformed.com)

Lethbridge police are looking for witnesses to come forward as they investigate a shooting at an Airbnb allegedly being used to host a nearly week-long party.

Police say a single gunshot was fired through the home’s second-floor bedroom window during a “large house party,” just after 1 a.m. on Sunday, May 10.

Police say “numerous partygoers” left the home, located along Lafayette Boulevard West, before investigators arrived on scene.

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“When officers entered the home, the recent discharge of bear spray was evident but no one with injuries was located,” police said in a Monday news release.

“Investigators have interviewed neighbours, numerous witnesses and obtained CCTV footage of the vehicles and subjects who left the scene, but believe there are additional individuals who may have information.”

Police say the property had been rented starting May 5, and evidence indicates the shot fired was an “isolated incident related to the house party and those in attendance.”

Anyone with additional information about the shooting, house party or any suspicious activity at the location between May 5 and 10 is asked to call police at 403-328-4444.

Anonymous tips can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers.