The Berkeley and University of California police departments and California Highway Patrol had investigated at least 13 shooting incidents within Berkeley in 2024 as of April 15. Six of the incidents left people wounded.
- April 11: After investigating a report of a man with a gun in the 900 block of Channing Way, city police said they found evidence the man had fired a round into a nearby home. Nobody was reported injured.
- April 7: An uninvited guest, after being escorted out of an event in the 2900 block of Stanton Street around 9:42 a.m., returned with a gun and shot through the windshield of a nearby, unoccupied car, city police said.
- April 5: 911 callers reported that a person in one car was shot by someone in another car around 4:49 p.m. on the Ashby Avenue on-ramp to Interstate 80, according to CHP. The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment.
- March 31: Shortly after 3 a.m., “at least one suspect fired several rounds at a Berkeley resident after the resident interrupted an in-progress theft,” then fled in a car, according to an email alert from university police, who said city police were investigating. More details were not immediately available.
- March 26: Police said a juvenile victim was shot once in the leg near the 2200 block of Bonar Street.
- March 23: Police arrested a Richmond man on suspicion of several gun crimes after he told them he had shot himself in the leg while working at a West Berkeley car wash.
- March 21: Police found evidence of gunfire near Fairview and Harper streets, and a man with a gunshot wound checked himself into a hospital the same day.
- March 7: Police said they found evidence of gunfire at the scene of a catalytic converter theft.
- March 5: Police investigated a shooting after what they described as “a road rage incident after an argument between two drivers,” with one driver shooting at the other’s car, “causing a vehicle collision.” No injuries were reported at the scene, and no arrests as of the afternoon of March 5.
- Feb. 9: Someone shot several times into the air after an “altercation” at Lower Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley campus, according to university officials. There were no injuries.
- Jan. 29: Police investigated reports of gunfire recovered shell casings near the 2200 block of Bonar Street, one vehicle with a bullet hole at the scene and another with a bullet hole driving away, they said. The shooter, or shooters, were not believed to be at the scene when police arrived.
- Jan. 16: Police reported non-fatal injuries to a person near University Avenue and Fourth Street. More information was not immediately available.
- Jan. 7: A man was shot shortly before 6 a.m. near the Ursula Sherman Village shelter, also called Harrison House, on Harrison Street in Northwest Berkeley. Police have arrested one person and were seeking a second.
Police also received a report of several gunshots near the 1000 block of Channing Way on March 4 but investigating officers found no victims, suspects or physical evidence of a shooting, they said.
In the 2024 Berkeley gunfire map, as with previous years, fatal shootings will be marked in red. Shootings in which victims are injured but survive are marked in orange. Shootings with no injuries are marked in yellow.
At the same time last year, there had been just six shootings in the city, with one involving injury. In 2023, Berkeley police and the California Highway Patrol investigated 35 shooting incidents in Berkeley, with eight people injured. In a 36th shooting, Berkeley police fatally shot a man who tried to flee a burglary investigation by driving a stolen car onto a sidewalk where an officer was attempting to handcuff another person.
City police have previously told Berkeleyside that they consider a gunfire call to be confirmed if officers find evidence such as bullet casings, property damage or a victim at the scene.
University police and Oakland have ShotSpotter gunfire detection systems that can also help investigators confirm reports of gunfire.
City police ask anyone with information on any shooting incident to contact their Homicide Detail at Homicide Detail at 510-981-5741.
