A now-deleted Instagram post advertising an Airbnb "Mansion Party" in Orinda.
Seeing these images is telling. Back in the day, the only black folks in Orinda were obviously lost. Is that racist ?
Posted on 11/01/2019 11:58:00 AM PDT by csvset
Four dead, others injured at Halloween party in Orinda
The yellow house was rented on Airbnb for a private Halloween party. Elissa Harrington reports
ORINDA, Calif. - Four people were killed and others were injured at a Halloween party in Orinda and the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office said nothing about a shooter being in custody, Friday morning.
The shooting was reported at 10:45 p.m. Thursday on the 100 block of Lucille Way near Knickerbocker Lane, not too far from Highway 24, according to sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee. The street is narrow and winding, lined with multimillion dollar homes. Three people were pronounced dead at the scene, Lee said, and the fourth died at a hospital. An unknown number of other victims were taken to various hospitals; some were taken by ambulance and others drove themselves, Lee said.
Before noon, a father of one of the surviving shooting victims came to Orinda to get his son's car. He said his 24-year-old son from Vallejo was shot three to four times and is under sedation at the hospital.
Sources told KTVU that the the Airbnb renter falsely claimed that he needed to escape the smoke from the Kincade Fire because of asthma and duped the homeowner.
A neighbor said he talked to the owner of the home, who told him it was being rented out through Airbnb for a private party. The neighbor said that particular house has been the scene of other parties that "sometimes get out of hand." Lee said there were more than 100 guests at the party.
Ben Breit, Airbnb's head of trust and safety, issued this statement: "We are horrified by this tragedy and are in close communication with Chief David Cook of Orinda Police to offer our support with his investigation into who committed this senseless violence. Additionally, we have taken action to ban the booking guest from our platform. Our thoughts are with the loved ones of the victims of this abhorrent act as well as the neighbors of the home."
The party was unauthorized by the host, and the home's listing specifically stated that parties were banned. The home has been removed from Airbnb's platform during the investigation. The homeowners also forbid smoking, weed or weapons in their rentals.
A now-deleted Instagram post, boasted an “AirBNB mansion party” in Orinda. Guests were told to direct message someone named @tonecapone300 for the address. The flier also said to “BYOB” and “BYOW.” Doors would open at 10 p.m., according to the post. KTVU has not independently confirmed that this was the same party.
Hayden Aitchison, who lives in Orinda, said she heard the party got "really chaotic. There was a lot of yelling and then shots were fired." At first, she said, she heard everyone was "having fun, doing their own thing. Then suddenly it turned south. My friends are OK but they are mourning the loss of the other people."
A neighbor, who asked not to be identified, said he saw what appeared to be 30 to 50 people leaving the party, running down the hillside to escape the gunfire. He saw many trying to hail Ubers to get home. He heard five gunshots that startled him and then he saw police cars "flying up the hill."
Chris Bade, who lives nearby, said after the neighbors heard the shots, "pretty much everybody locked their doors. Usually, there are wonderful people staying there. Nothing like this has ever happened."
A multi-agency response team showed up in force. Search and rescue crews, firefighters and law enforcement from neighboring cities rushed in to investigate.
Orinda is a quiet, affluent city, population 17,000, ranked the second-most friendly town in America by Forbes in 2012. It was recently the home to Steph and Ayesha Curry, before they moved to the Peninsula. Schools are great and homicides are rare. Police were not immediately available to state when the last homicide in Orinda occurred, but it may be the first since 2012, when a woman was killed by her housemate on Moraga Way. And the most recent homicide before that was in 2002, when Susan Polk fatally stabbed her husband, Felix, who had been her therapist when she was a teenager.
Neighbor Dan Weiner said the neighborhoood is quiet and peaceful. "This is the last place I would expect something like this to happen."
Bade agreed. "Everybody moved to Orinda for the same reason. We want the quiet."
But another neighbor, who asked not to be identified, said the neighborhood has changed in the last 10 years.
"A lot of people know each other," she said. "But there's been a lot of rentals along the street."
Anyone with any information on this case should contact the Orinda Police Department or Office of the Sheriff at (925) 646-2441. The Investigation Division can be reached at (925) 313-2600. For any tips, email: tips@so.cccounty.us or call (866) 846-3592 to leave an anonymous voice message.
A now-deleted Instagram post advertising an Airbnb "Mansion Party" in Orinda.
Seeing these images is telling. Back in the day, the only black folks in Orinda were obviously lost. Is that racist ?
4 killed in mass shooting at Halloween party in Northern California.
That’s it. i searched the headline and keyword Orinda, lol,. Anyways, Orinda is no longer the sleepy little enclave it once was.
I guessed right.......................
No, you’re OK, this is a different source for the story.
I was just amused by the “gunfire suddenly erupted” line, which appeared in the CBS News story.
if you read the article you’d see that’s still true today
I was just standing there minding my own business, and this freakin’ gunfire suddenly erupted. I mean give me a break.
The police are often frustrated in investigating this sort of thing, as many witnesses refuse to cooperate. The whole ‘party’ culture is sick and depraved.
Looks like the Hood took the Caldecott Tunnel to invade Orinda.
Snitches get stitches.
Sounds like a Dothraki wedding.
America the sh*thole. I pretty much hate half the country.
Then leave - find a better *hole to live in.
Ben Breit, Airbnb's head of trust and safety, issued this statement: "We are horrified by this tragedy ...offer our support with [the] investigation into who committed this senseless violence. Additionally, we have taken action to ban the booking guest from our platform.
Yes
I have fond memories, particularly of the movie theatre there. Probably in ‘’68 or so, I saw a double bill of Thunderball and From Russia with Love there. Saw the Yellow Submarine there too. Years later, I would go on movie dates there, don’t recall what was playing. 🤫
I know what they need! MORE GUN CONTROL! Make it illegal to die from being shot in California!
More of those guns being violent and creating havoc on their own?
Tompkins' death brings the total fatalities in the Thursday night shooting to five. Authorities have identified the other victims as 22-year-old Tiyon Farley of Antioch, 24-year-old Omar Taylor of Pittsburg, 23-year-old Ramon Hill Jr., and 29-year-old Javin County.
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