CLEVELAND (WJW) – A Disney trip turned dangerous for a family from Northeast Ohio.
“It was my brother Guy’s 40th birthday. We had the fun shirts made,” said Kelleen Reddy, of West Park.
It was supposed to be a dream vacation at Walt Disney World.
“We arrived Sunday, the 19th. We checked into our rental home and then we kicked the parks off right away Monday,” said Reddy.
The party of 14, which included five children, enjoyed five days at the parks. However, when Kelleen returned to her rental home in Kissimmee, Florida Friday night, the trip took a dangerous turn.
“It was just jam-packed with cars that Uber almost had to go on the sidewalk to get around and zig-zag. Hundreds of kids just in the street,” said Reddy.
Kelleen said police were called and the crowd thinned out, but as a precaution, everyone decided to sleep on the second floor.
“And as I’m laying there, I hear this voice scream, ‘party’s over!’ and 30 seconds later a single gunshot. And I grabbed my two-year-old. I get her into a bathroom in a bathtub for extra protection, and then it just sounded like fireworks, just nonstop fireworks going off,” said Reddy.
Deputies in Florida said the shooting was the result of a house party at a rental property right next door to Reddy’s vacation home.
“We made sure it was a gated community. That was one of the biggest priorities for us, not knowing the area and security, which again, we’re still trying to process how all those cars and people were allowed in the area at 2 in the morning,” said Reddy.
Kellee said she is sharing their story to raise awareness and to remind families to check and double check before booking a rental home.
“I think the safety of rentals needs to be locked down altogether. They need to do a better job. They need to be more diligent in checking if their security cameras are working and they can
actually see how many people are outside of their rental property,” said Reddy.
Reddy said her family was given a full refund by the rental home website.
Melissa Reid
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