Update, 11:25 a.m. The high-speed pursuit through Berkeley on Thursday morning resulted in an arrest connected to a carjacking, Richmond police said.

Richmond Lt. Matt Stonebraker said officers responded to a call about a vehicle, suspected to be involved in an armed carjacking, that had parked on Cutting Boulevard at 9:35 a.m.

“When officers arrived on scene they located it there, and it moved right away,” he said.

Stonebraker said the “quick pursuit” traveled on I-580 and I-80 before zipping up University Avenue and ending on the UC Berkeley campus.

“Once he got to the college, he ended up stopping the vehicle behind a building” and was arrested within 50 yards of where he parked, Stonebraker said. He said he did not have any more information yet about the person who was arrested.

Original story, 10:31 a.m. Multiple police cars with sirens blaring tore up University Avenue around 9:50 a.m. on Thursday. They were involved in a Richmond Police Department case, according to local authorities.

Lt. Kevin Schofield, a spokesman for BPD, said Berkeley police were assisting the Richmond Police Department with “an investigation/incident.”

Shortly after the vehicles were seen speeding through town, Berkeleyside received several reports via Twitter of police activity around the Valley Life Sciences Building on the UC Berkeley campus.

We are seeking more details from authorities and will update this story as we get them.

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Tracey Taylor is co-founder of Berkeleyside and co-founder and editorial director of Cityside, the nonprofit parent to Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside. Before launching Berkeleyside, Tracey wrote for...