The owner of a vacant, newly renovated Mira Mesa rental says damage from a Saturday-night gathering will cost more than $3,000 to repair and postpone signing a lease with his first tenant. NBC 7 identified the homeowner as Ryu, who asked not to be identified by his full name because he feared retaliation.
Police found most of the crowd gone
Ryu told NBC 7 that he returned to the Parkdale Avenue property around 9:30 p.m. to pick up paint and tools and found about 60 teens and young adults in the garage and side yard. He told them he owned the home and they had to leave, but said they did not go right away. He waited about two hours for San Diego police. By the time officers arrived, most of the group had left; officers searched the property and made no arrests, the station reported.
Ryu’s account to NBC 7 was that someone stepped on a hose reel, broke a bathroom window, entered through it and opened a door for others. The station reported damage to a window, a door and smoke detectors, as well as paint across the front room.
Other incidents and response-time context
NBC 7 Investigates reported that it tracked 15 unauthorized parties at vacant homes across San Diego County over a two-month period during the summer, after first reporting on the issue in February. In a separate Mira Mesa case, the San Diego Police Department said in March 2024 it was investigating eight related residential burglaries. Police said suspects appeared to be men in their late teens or early twenties and that homes were entered through rear sliding glass doors.
The owner’s reported wait for officers is distinct from emergency-call answering statistics. In 2025, San Diego police answered 94.1% of 911 calls within 15 seconds and handled an average of 1,795 calls per day, according to iNewsource. Those department-wide figures do not establish why officers took about two hours to arrive at the rental.
