Several Houston children shot at a teen pop-up party; what changes could be coming?

HOUSTON - Pop-up parties, particularly those involving children, have become a public safety concern. Just this weekend, six kids in Houston were shot at such an event.

It's Houston City Councilman Mario Castillo's district where the party was held at an empty warehouse on Saturday. The deadly shots rang out, killing 14-year-old A'zirya Bankhead and 16-year-old King Randle.

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There is surveillance video of teens literally running for their lives.

Randle was homeschooled by his mother, who says her son was respectful, smart, had just completed a college tour, and was looking forward to getting his driver's license.

Bankhead was a YES Prep eighth grader. Her mom made a heartbreaking Facebook post about her daughter's death. Both kids were shot and killed as they simply attended a party.

"It's a horrible tragedy. Your heart breaks for the families when young kids like this are part of these tragic shootings. As a city councilmember for the district, it motivates me to figure out what we can do to keep this from happening again. I'm very concerned because it's hard to regulate them. We've looked into what are some of the ways we can help prevent tragedies like this from happening. We found the Certificate of Occupancy was not in place for this building. We also learned currently the fire marshal's office enforces that. Can we also get HPD the authority to enforce Certificate of Occupancy violations? That's one thing we're looking at, at the moment. In addition to increasing the fine for those violations, to make it an actual deterrent to running something like this in an unregulated way," said Castillo.

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Four others, including a 13-year-old who was in critical condition, and 17, 18 and 19-year-old girls were all shot and survived.

An Instagram page where the pop-up party was promoted called "The Curfew" calls itself "the hottest teen club in Houston".  

Castillo, who is planning to host town hall meetings about pop-up party safety, says he is concerned about teen pop-up social media promoted parties.

After working to stop violent and deadly parties at short-term rentals, teen pop-up parties are now on the radar for Houton City Council.

Councilman Castillo is now looking into what can be done to make sure those hosting such parties follow all safety rules.

The gunman is still on the loose. If you have any video that could help solve this crime, Houston Police Department investigators want to hear from you.