{"id":377996,"date":"2026-07-18T15:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T15:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/377996\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T15:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T15:50:10","slug":"teen-shot-during-party-at-north-texas-short-term-rental-property-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/377996\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen shot during party at North Texas short-term rental property, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A teen was shot during a birthday party at a short-term rental property in Little Elm on July 17, according to Little Elm Police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The teen went to the hospital and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, the department said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a press release, Little Elm PD said it received multiple calls around 11:30 p.m. Friday reporting gunshots and juveniles running through the neighborhood near White Oak Drive and White Pine Drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The short-term rental property was booked for a juvenile birthday party, police said, where most attendants were students from Lewisville High School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Frisco Police Department, Oak Point Police Department, and the Denton County Sheriff&#8217;s Office also responded to the party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Local police continue to investigate the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Little Elm PD said town ordinances prohibit parties and events at short-term rental properties, rules meant to protect the quality of life in area neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The town is looking into potential enforcement actions related to the owners of the property. Those with information about the incident are asked to contact Little Elm PD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teen was shot during a birthday party at a short-term rental property in Little Elm on July&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[133664,7749,133665,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-377996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-birthday-party","tag-little-elm","tag-oak-point-police-department","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}