Raha Ghafouri knew the sound immediately. In June, she was in Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square celebrating a historic NBA win by the Toronto Raptors when gunshots rang out. The crowd went into a frenzy. She feared she would be trampled.

But weeks later there was the same unmistakable noise. But this time it was just outside her home in Toronto’s upscale Bridle Path neighbourhood. And it was coming from the house directly next door. There had been a house party the night before. Cars lined the street, including in front of her home. In the early Sunday morning hours, the 15-year-old teen peeked outside her window.

“People were scared, there was a mass panic,” said Raha standing in the doorway of her home. “There was screaming. We were really scared, we didn’t know what was going on. People were taking their shoes off and running for their lives.”

A couple ran to their door. Raha could see them in the morning light because her bedroom faced the street. She didn’t answer the door. It’s an image that still haunts her, she says quietly.

“I don’t know why I didn’t open the door.”

Her father, Ali Ghafouri, a physician who works at the intensive care unit at Humber River Hospital is standing beside her. He tells her she did the right thing. The proper lockdown procedure in a school drill is to barricade the door. But still. It’s a lot for a teen to absorb on what should have been a lazy summer holiday.

“It’s a traumatic experience that she’s gone through,” says Ghafouri, who was at work in the ICU when his wife phoned early in the morning in a panic. “It was very tough on all of us because we didn’t know what was happening.”

According to Toronto Police Services, a man was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shooting at an Airbnb listed in the Bridle Path early Sunday morning.

Shortly after 6 a.m., police and paramedics were called to the area of Bayview Ave. and York Mills Rd., north of Lawrence Ave. E. They found a man, in his mid-to-late 20s, with a gunshot wound to the upper body and transported him to hospital with life-threatening injuries. He is now in stable condition and expected to survive, police say.

Toronto police spokesperson Katrina Arrogante said there were 20 to 30 people at the home at the time of the shooting, but said it was not exactly clear what the large gathering was for. No one has been arrested and no suspect descriptions have been released so far.

The shooting prompted renewed calls from local advocates for increased regulations on short-term rental facilities. The sidewalk in front of the home, now surrounded by yellow police tape, was strewn with red plastic cups and bottles of booze. A baseball hat lay on the grass.

“This is really atrocious for this to happen in this neighbourhood. It’s always been a very quiet place,” said Richard McCrae Hogarth, 88, a resident who has lived across the street from the home for 56 years. “You really don’t like to hear or see this kind of thing happening.”

Ben Breit, spokesperson for Airbnb, confirmed that the expansive and upscale house was listed on their platform for more than $1,000 per night, although the exact figure varies throughout the year. Resident Ghafouri says he has seen the home listed for $2,500 per night or $5,000 for the weekend.

“The reported behaviour is abhorrent,” Breit wrote to the Star in an email. “This listing is no longer on Airbnb’s platform and we’ve suspended the booking guest as we urgently investigate.”

The Bridle Path neighbourhood is one of Toronto’s most exclusive enclaves. Hip hop star Drake is building a massive 35,000 square foot estate, and the late pop superstar Prince once had a house there. It is also home to a who’s who of Canadian business and society, including former publishing magnate Conrad Black and Macao Casino billionaire Stanley Ho, who keeps a home in the neighborhood.

According to property listings website Zolo.ca, the Bridle Path home features at least six bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, includes a home theatre and indoor pool, and is more than 5,000 square feet. It was sold on Aug. 27, 2014 for $14.2 million.

A listing on a hotel comparison website describes the address as a “luxury home” that showcases a sauna, an indoor pool, a private garden, and an elevator.

Physician Ghafouri says he and other neighbours have complained to the city over the last several years about noise coming from the home.

“Sometimes we can’t sleep, so we just sit downstairs in the family room because the music is so loud, it goes till 3 a.m. or after. And my backyard sometimes reeks of marijuana,” he says. The city informed him that they were investigating, but so far there has been no action.

Another resident, who didn’t wish to be named, says she has been complaining to the city for more than a year about noise and traffic emanating from the rental of the home.

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“It’s scary when people come into your neighbourhood and they start trashing the place. Litter is a real problem.”

The incident is not surprising, according to Thorben Wieditz, spokesperson for Fairbnb, a coalition of tenants’ groups, condo associations, rental landlords and hotel groups advocating for fairer rules regarding short-term rentals.

Wieditz said the fact that the shooting took place in the Bridle Path, where the annual average household income is $936,137 as of 2014, shows just how much Airbnb’s accountability and rating system is not up to preventing these type of issues.

“Airbnb should remove all multiple listing houses,” Wieditz said. “These properties are full-time commercial hotel operations.” While Wieditz did not have knowledge of this listing specifically, he added that violent incidents “increase exponentially” when it comes to absentee landlords who pick up dozens of properties for the sole purpose of taking them off the long-term market for short-term use.

Ilya Bañares is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @ilyaoverseas