A busload of Berkeley elementary students witnessed the shootings on Sacramento Street this morning that killed one man and seriously injured another, according to BUSD officials. A school bus carrying about 40 students on their way to Cragmont Elementary School was driving on Sacramento Street near Russell around 8:43 am when two assailants fired numerous […]
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Another murder in Berkeley
Police examine bloody clothing left on ground after shooting One man was killed and another was seriously injured Tuesday in a mid-morning shooting on Sacramento Street near Russell. Two men were walking on the street near a neighborhood hang out called Johnson’s Barbershop around 8:43 a.m. when they were shot by two assailants, according to […]
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South Berkeley community gathers in wake of murder
From left to right: Ed Alvarez and Lee Roddrick from BART, Phil Kamlarz, Max Anderson, Tom Bates, Michael Caplan, Erik Upson, Michael Meehan, Andrew Klough and Sue Ferrara. Berkeley city leaders were out in force Wednesday evening to meet with a community still reeling from the seemingly random, senseless murder of 35-year-old Adolfo Ignacio Celedón in […]
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Police chief hopeful of solving Berkeley murder case
Amber Nelson and Ignacio “Fito” Celedón. Amber Nelson and Ignacio “Fito” Celedón. Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan said he is “very hopeful” about solving the homicide case of Adolfo Ignacio Celedón, 35, who was killed on Adeline Street near Emerson on Sunday, Sept. 12, while walking home from a party with his fiancée, Amber Nelson. Speaking at […]
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Community meeting planned on killing of ‘Fito’
Community members participate in vigil for Fito The murder of Ignacio Celed ó n, known to his friends as Fito, has spurred memorials, vigils and a community meeting to address safety in the neighborhood. Last night, a few dozen community members and friends of Fito gathered for a silent vigil around the spontaneous memorial set […]
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In Berkeley slaying, victim defended fiancée
Amber Nelson and Adolfo Ignacio Celedon. Photo: San Francisco Chronicle Adolfo Ignacio Celedón, the 35-year-old Chilean man who was shot and killed during a robbery in south Berkeley on Sept. 12, died as he tried to protect his fiancée, according to an article by Henry Lee in the San Francisco Chronicle. When two men jumped out of […]
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Berkeley slaying victim was planning to marry
Adolfo Ignacio Celedon. The 35-year-old man who was shot and killed Sunday night while walking home from a party was a Chilean native who planned to marry his American fiancée next year. Adolfo Ignacio Celedón had moved to Berkeley in February to be with his fiancée, a graduate student in architecture at UC Berkeley, according to […]
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Berkeley man shot and killed while walking home
A 35-year old man who had moved to Berkeley just seven months ago was shot and killed Sunday morning while walking on Adeline Street with his fiancee. Two men confronted the couple on Adeline near Emerson as they were coming home from a party around 3:41 am, according to Berkeley police. The men attempted to […]
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Police offer 17k reward in latest killing
Berkeley police and the Bay Area Crime Stoppers are offering a $17,000 award for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who killed Marcus Isiah Mosley Jr. when he was sitting in his car on Friday, July 17. Mosley, 29, was killed around 5:11 pm as he sat in the driver’s seat […]
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Breaking: Fatal shooting at Milvia and Russell
Berkeley police are investigating a fatal drive-by shooting that took place around 5:30 p.m. today near the intersection of Russell and Milvia. Berkeleyside has called the police for details and we’ll update the information as we receive it. Update 7:11 p.m. Regular commenter Thomas Lord reports through the comments: For what little it’s worth: closer […]
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Berkeley police identify man whom officers killed
Choung Van Nguyen Berkeley city police identified the man whom officers shot and killed on Monday night as Choung Van Nguyen, 25. Police do not know where he was living right before his death. Nguyen was shot around 10:45 p.m. Monday after he had been involved in a hit-and-run car accident in Albany. Police there […]
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Berkeley police shoot and kill man
The crime scene where Berkeley police killed a man Berkeley police shot and killed a man late Monday night after he pulled a gun on them, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The man, whose identity has not been released, had been chased into Berkeley by the Albany police. He got out from his car […]