Two hours earlier, police in Lynnfield had been summoned to a rented mansion on Needham Road, where Heath’s 33-year-old son, Keivan Heath, had been fatally shot during a party, investigators have said.

“Your son’s been shot,” the doctor told her. “I’m sorry for your loss.”

RANDOLPH — Sharon Heath was home alone Sunday at 5 a.m. when Randolph police came to her door. They gave her the name and telephone number of a doctor at a hospital in Lynn and told her to call.

On Wednesday, Boston police said two of their off-duty officers attended the party. The officers, both women, are not suspects and are cooperating with the investigation, said Police Commissioner William B. Evans.


He said he did not know whether the officers were at the home when gunfire erupted at 3:04 a.m. Sunday. The department’s Bureau of Professional Standards is examining whether they broke any rules, Evans said.

“They’ve been contacted, and they’re working with the authorities to find out what happened in Lynnfield,” Evans told reporters before a police promotion ceremony. “It had nothing to do with their official capacity. I’m sure these two young ladies didn’t go there thinking that there was going to be a shooting.”

Heath said that she did not know her son had been in Lynnfield until after she learned of his death. She said Keivan was the father of two boys, ages 13 and 1.

“He left out of here like he usually does, ‘Ma, I’ll be back,’ ” Heath said Wednesday at her home in Randolph. “If my son was there, he apparently felt safe. . . . But he apparently wasn’t and now my son is dead.”

The Essex district attorney’s office is investigating the homicide, and no arrests had been reported by Wednesday.

In Lynnfield, town officials have ordered Alex Styller, who owns the property where the fatal shooting occurred, to stop making the home available for short-term rentals.


In a cease-and-desist notice dated Tuesday, Building Inspector John Roberto III wrote that zoning rules prohibit Styller from renting the property short-term.

The notice instructs Styller to stop listing his home with Airbnb and other companies that advertise short-term rentals. Styller declined Wednesday to comment.

He has 30 days to appeal the decision, said Phil Crawford, chairman of the Lynnfield Board of Selectmen.

Styller said he rented out the property on the Memorial Day weekend for what he was told would be a college reunion. He declined to say who rented the home, but described one individual involved as a Boston man with a college degree and stable work history.

Styller said he expected five people to stay overnight and up to 20 to attend the reunion. He has said that investigators told him 60 to 100 people attended the party.

According to Styller, the renters arrived Friday at 2 p.m. and he met with them on Saturday afternoon to give instructions for the pool. At that time, Styller said five people were on the property.

“I screen my renters extremely carefully,” he said. “There is nothing that would have raised a red flag.”

The victim’s mother, Sharon Heath, is tired of hearing about the home where her son was shot. “Every time I turn on the news I’m hearing about the stupid mansion,” she said. “We’re hurting.”

Andy Rosen and John R. Ellement of the Globe staff contributed to this report. Laura Crimaldi can be reached at laura.crimaldi@globe.com.