The scene of shots fired on Sacramento Street in Berkeley. Photo: Thomas Lord. Berkeley police have released further details about this afternoon’s shooting on Sacramento Street. Here are the details from Sergeant Mary Kusmiss: On 08-31-10 at approximately 1:46 p.m., the City of Berkeley Police department began receiving many 911 calls regarding gunshots in the […]
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Shots fired on Sacramento
Berkeleyside reader Thomas Lord sends in the following: Shortly after 2 p.m. on this last day of August approximately 10 shots rang out on Sacramento St. in Berkeley. No injuries are reported although an occupied vehicle driven by a resident of the neighborhood was struck through the rear window. The south-bound portion of Sacramento St. in that area is […]
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Shooting at Sacramento and Oregon
The Berkeley Police Department reports that at 7:12 p.m. yesterday, there was an assault with a deadly weapon at Sacramento and Oregon. There were multiple rounds fired, according to Officer Jamie Perkins, and the male victim sustained non-life threatening injuries. The incident occurred near Spiral Gardens. There is an active investigation of the shooting, but […]
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Police offer 17k reward in latest killing
Berkeley police and the Bay Area Crime Stoppers are offering a $17,000 award for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who killed Marcus Isiah Mosley Jr. when he was sitting in his car on Friday, July 17. Mosley, 29, was killed around 5:11 pm as he sat in the driver’s seat […]
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Breaking: Fatal shooting at Milvia and Russell
Berkeley police are investigating a fatal drive-by shooting that took place around 5:30 p.m. today near the intersection of Russell and Milvia. Berkeleyside has called the police for details and we’ll update the information as we receive it. Update 7:11 p.m. Regular commenter Thomas Lord reports through the comments: For what little it’s worth: closer […]
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Berkeley police identify man whom officers killed
Choung Van Nguyen Berkeley city police identified the man whom officers shot and killed on Monday night as Choung Van Nguyen, 25. Police do not know where he was living right before his death. Nguyen was shot around 10:45 p.m. Monday after he had been involved in a hit-and-run car accident in Albany. Police there […]
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Berkeley police shoot and kill man
The crime scene where Berkeley police killed a man Berkeley police shot and killed a man late Monday night after he pulled a gun on them, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The man, whose identity has not been released, had been chased into Berkeley by the Albany police. He got out from his car […]
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Gang member arrested in Berkeley shooting
Doran Williams, Jr. An Oakland man who was wanted in connection with the shooting of two people sitting in a car in South Berkeley in May was arrested Wednesday night. Oakland police officers arrested Doran Williams Jr. after a brief foot chase. They had spotted Williams in a motel in Richmond and had followed him […]
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Violence in southwest Berkeley neighborhood
Berkeley police are offering a $15,000 reward and Bay Area Crime Stoppers is offering an additional $2,000 for information leading to the capture of the killer of Kenneth Jerome Tims Jr. Tims was shot and killed around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 3, as he was walking along King Street near 62nd in southwest Berkeley. The slaying, […]
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Man shot and killed in South Berkeley
The Berkeley police report that a man was found dead near the corner of 62nd and King last night, the victim of a shooting. The man, whose details have not yet been released, was found at 6:30 p.m. There have been no arrests in the shooting. The incident occurred only a block away from the […]
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Police seek man who shot 2 in South Berkeley
Berkeley police are looking for a 27-year old Oakland man they believe is responsible for shooting two people in south Berkeley last week. Doran Williams, Jr. allegedly shot and critically wounded a 57-year old woman and a 39-year old male who were sitting in a car near King and 63rd Streets around 11:03 am on […]
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Two people shot in Berkeley
Berkeley police are looking for a suspect they believe shot and seriously wounded two Berkeley residents Thursday morning. A man and woman were found shot around 11:03 am in the 1700 block of 63rd Street, according to Officer Jamie Perkins, a Berkeley police department spokeswoman. They were taken to a local trauma center. One of […]