JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Neighbors in an Arlington community said a recent shooting at a short-term rental has become a breaking point, prompting them to organize and push for the Airbnb to be shut down permanently.<\/p>\n
Police are investigating a shooting that happened late Saturday<\/a> at an Airbnb on Arlingwood Avenue. Neighbors who live nearby said the property has been tied to repeated problems and that safety concerns have escalated.<\/p>\n >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office announced Tuesday that it arrested Kenshawn Prentice, 19<\/a>, in connection to the shooting.<\/p>\n Action News Jax obtained Ring camera video from the weekend, capturing the sound of gunfire just before police were called.<\/p>\n After the shooting, Airbnb sent a response to Action News Jax, saying it suspended the account connected to the reservation while JSO continues its investigation.<\/p>\n During a visit to the neighborhood, Action News Jax reporter Nicholas Brooks showed neighbors that the Airbnb listing was no longer visible on Airbnb\u2019s website. Neighbors told him they have seen that happen before.<\/p>\n Homeowner Eunice Haga said the listing disappearing does not give her confidence the issue has been resolved.<\/p>\n Brooks: \u201cWhat\u2019s your thoughts when you see that?\u201d<\/p>\n Haga: \u201cThat it has happened before.\u201d<\/p>\n Haga said previous shutdowns have been short-lived.<\/p>\n \u201cNot even maybe a week goes by and we see more guests coming in and more people and we\u2019re like, it wasn\u2019t really shut down. They were just temporary so they could patch the holes up and clean up what they needed to,\u201d Haga said.<\/p>\n Neighbors said safety concerns have pushed them to organize a petition to permanently shut the Airbnb down.<\/p>\n \u201cI will be immediately signing that petition,\u201d Haga said.<\/p>\n Haga also said the fear caused by the rental has already forced some families to leave the neighborhood.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a whole family that had to move because their child was so scared to even walk out of his bedroom,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Alicia Davis, a mother of six who lives nearby, said the Airbnb has brought ongoing issues into the community.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n \u201cIs the Airbnb that\u2019s allow these teenagers to come into our neighborhood and destroy it,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n Action News Jax attempted to contact the property manager connected to the Airbnb. A phone call went straight to voicemail, and an email with questions about the shooting was sent, but no response was received before the story aired.<\/p>\n In a statement sent to Action News Jax, Airbnb said it was saddened by the incident, is supporting the JSO investigation, bans disruptive parties, and has suspended the guest\u2019s account connected to this reservation.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Davis said reopening the rental would send the wrong message.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just saying that it was OK for the shooting to happen if it opens back up at this point,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n Neighbors said they plan to continue gathering signatures and pushing for the Airbnb to be permanently removed from their community.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Neighbors in an Arlington community said a recent shooting at a short-term rental has become…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[982,643,11814,51746,51747,51744,969,33927,116,118,117,18638,6458,51745,634,9475],"class_list":{"0":"post-97983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action_news","9":"tag-action_news_jack","10":"tag-airbnb","11":"tag-arlenwood_avenue","12":"tag-arling_wood_avenue","13":"tag-arlington_avenue","14":"tag-jack","15":"tag-jackson_nicholas_brooks","16":"tag-jacksonville","17":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","18":"tag-jacksonville-news","19":"tag-jacksonville_city_council","20":"tag-jacksonville_sheriffs_office","21":"tag-kinshawn_princess","22":"tag-local","23":"tag-nicholas_brooks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}