Berkeley police are searching for a man they say stabbed two people Friday evening in the Claremont neighborhood.
About 6:30 p.m., police responded to a report of a double stabbing near El Camino Real and Oak Ridge Road. The weapon was described as a cutting instrument.
Police identified the suspect as Byron Gabriel DeCles, a 21-year-old man about 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-9 with blond hair. He was wearing a red or brown hoodie, black pants and a black hat and carrying a large black backpack. Police are still searching for Decles, who fled the scene.
Both victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries, Berkeley police spokesperson Officer Jessica Perry said. No further information about the victims was available at this time.
Police ask that anyone who sees DeCles to call 911.
A shelter-in-place was lifted at 9:38 p.m. Friday.
This story was updated after police and court records showed new information on DeCles’s name and age.
