Three people were shot dead and four others wounded on Saturday at a luxury home near Beverly Hills in what US police described as a gathering at a short-term rental property.
Emergency services rushed to the posh address in the Benedict Canyon area of Los Angeles overnight, where they found three people dead in a vehicle parked outside.
Four others were being treated at the hospital on Saturday, two of them for critical injuries.
The incident, which came on the heels of two mass shootings in California that claimed 18 lives, occurred in an area located between Beverly Hills and Bel Air, where lushly landscaped multi-million dollar homes enjoy stunning views of the Los Angeles skyline.
Detectives investigating the attack say it occurred at a “short-term rental home,” the Los Angeles Times reported.
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Homes near the scene of the shooting, who were not involved, were listed on AirBnB for up to $10,000 for a weekend.
The property where the shooting took place was not listed on the site.
Police said there was some kind of gathering at the location.
“We’re calling it a meeting, until we can interview some of the people who were here to determine exactly what type of meeting it was,” Bruce Borihanh of the Los Angeles Police Department told reporters.
“Investigators are also going door to door and looking for additional surveillance video, or any evidence that might help us determine what happened here and why these victims were shot.”
