{"id":317447,"date":"2026-10-30T06:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T06:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/317447\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T06:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T06:38:08","slug":"stabbing-in-pittsburgh-brings-conversation-about-crimes-at-short-term-rentals-back-into-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/317447\/","title":{"rendered":"Stabbing in Pittsburgh brings conversation about crimes at short-term rentals back into the light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 A teenager is behind bars, charged as an adult, after a standoff in Pittsburgh\u2019s East Allegheny neighborhood. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Police say she stabbed a woman before barricading herself inside. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">According to the criminal complaint, 17-year-old Daynia Ayers of Steubenville, OH, was arrested. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/teen-stabbing-suspect-custody-following-swat-situation-pittsburgh-neighborhood\/KLSRJ63NFBBHLBIULH2CCXIJHY\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/teen-stabbing-suspect-custody-following-swat-situation-pittsburgh-neighborhood\/KLSRJ63NFBBHLBIULH2CCXIJHY\/\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; Teen stabbing suspect charged as an adult following SWAT situation in Pittsburgh neighborhood<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Channel 11 has learned the incident happened in a short-term rental just blocks away from the site of a 2022 mass shooting. The building was also being used as a short-term rental. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Two teenagers died that Easter Sunday morning. They had been attending a party with about 200 others. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">No one has ever been arrested or charged. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Since that 2022 shooting, there have been attempts to change the laws surrounding short-term rentals in the city. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Days after the shooting, Councilman Bobby Wilson introduced legislation that would require short-term rentals to register before operating. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/city-council-introduces-legislation-that-would-regulate-short-term-rentals-after-deadly-shooting\/OK76K4ZSSRAEVHIZ5QNTKN3TFQ\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/city-council-introduces-legislation-that-would-regulate-short-term-rentals-after-deadly-shooting\/OK76K4ZSSRAEVHIZ5QNTKN3TFQ\/\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; City Council introduces legislation that would regulate short-term rentals after deadly shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">It was passed by Pittsburgh City Council in September of 2023 but was never fully implemented.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/rental-properties-will-now-be-regulated-pittsburgh-under-new-bill\/JV3YP56VOZA3RJ5U3WEUZ5LB5Y\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/rental-properties-will-now-be-regulated-pittsburgh-under-new-bill\/JV3YP56VOZA3RJ5U3WEUZ5LB5Y\/\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; Rental properties will now be regulated in Pittsburgh under new bill<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Wilson cited ongoing litigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">On New Year\u2019s Day 2026, a woman was shot in the leg in East Allegheny. It renewed calls for tightened restrictions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/investigation-underway-after-woman-shot-leg-pittsburghs-east-allegheny-neighborhood\/D557HFT5MRA3LOV4DH7N5EDLBQ\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/investigation-underway-after-woman-shot-leg-pittsburghs-east-allegheny-neighborhood\/D557HFT5MRA3LOV4DH7N5EDLBQ\/\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; Investigation underway after woman shot in leg in Pittsburgh\u2019s East Allegheny neighborhood<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/pittburgh-neighbors-call-tighter-regulations-short-term-rentals-after-new-years-day-shooting\/ELZGBFCOYFDQ7NYZ3O534GSNGQ\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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