Neighbors concerned about parties at short-term rentals in Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Neighbors are concerned about parties at short-term rentals, after one led to a shooting over the weekend.

Two people were seen shooting in the streets during a house party at a home on Paradise Lane early Sunday morning. No injuries were reported and no arrests have been made as of Monday.

Another shooting left two people dead at a home in the 11900 block of Hanging Valley Way on Saturday, November 26, 2020. That home was thought to also be a short-term rental.

People who live in the Hanging Valley neighborhood can't believe something like that happened again.

"Definitely disappointing," said Joseph Mikolaitis to KRDO Monday. "Just sad to hear about people that are just not being responsible and living a consequence free lifestyle at the risk of everybody else."

You can check the short term rental rules and regulations here.

"We have the ability to revoke the license if they're not doing things right, and we hope that we've worked out a pretty good compromise," City Council President, Richard Skorman, told us.

Skorman said, despite the backlash, the city can't get rid of short-term rentals completely, or the property managers who run some of them, because of commerce laws and the amount of money local families make off them.

"It's an important income for people that live in the community," he said.