Crime & Safety

Shooting Victim Arrested for Warrant at Hospital

The shooting happened on Monday night around 9:41 p.m. in the 1500 block of Harmon Street.

By Bay City News—

Two teens were shot in South Berkeley on Monday night and when they arrived at the hospital one was arrested on a no-bail warrant from Oakland, Berkeley police said.
 
The shooting was reported at 9:41 p.m. in the 1500 block of Harmon Street, police Officer Jennifer Coats said. Responding officers found no victims but recovered shell casings and found damage to a home and cars nearby, Coats said.
 
Two victims, a 16-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man, showed up at Highland Hospital a short time later with gunshot wounds.

Their injuries were not life-threatening, Coats said. When officers went to the hospital to talk to the victims, they discovered one of them had a no-bail warrant out of Oakland and notified Oakland police, Coats said.
 
Oakland police officers responded to the hospital and arrested him, Coats said. Anyone with information about the shooting has been asked to call Berkeley police at (510) 981-5741 or to leave an anonymous tip at Bay Area Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.


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