Crime & Safety

Police Shoot Man On Tracks At El Cerrito BART Station

Police shot and seriously injured a man suspected of domestic violence who fled onto the tracks at the El Cerrito BART station.

The shooting took place shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday when BART police officers responding to a rider report of a domestic violence incident aboard a train shot a young man, leaving him with "life-threatening injuries," police said.
The shooting took place shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday when BART police officers responding to a rider report of a domestic violence incident aboard a train shot a young man, leaving him with "life-threatening injuries," police said. (Shutterstock)

EL CERRITO, CA — A man who was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being shot by BART police at the El Cerrito del Norte on Saturday afternoon is expected to survive, the transit district said Sunday morning.

The suspect's gun was also recovered, police said.

The shooting took place shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday when BART police officers responded to a rider report of a domestic violence incident aboard a train.

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BART police chief Ed Alvarez said the young man and a young woman were having an argument, and the caller to police said she saw a handgun in the suspect's waistband.

BART officers boarded the train and confronted the suspect at gunpoint, Alvarez said; the suspect then ran out of the train, onto the station platform and then onto the tracks. Alvarez said the suspect "produced" a handgun while on the trackway, and police fired at him at that point, Alvarez said.

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The Del Norte and Richmond stations were closed until after 10 p.m. Saturday in the aftermath of the incident.


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