Police: Student who brought replica gun onto BHS campus arrested after large fight downtown
The BB gun had a “steel slide and polymer frame” and “all the visible markings of a real handgun,” police said.
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Men ‘flashed’ gun at Berkeley High students Friday, then left campus
The men were “looking for a particular student,” according to an email BHS Principal Juan Raygoza sent to the school community Friday night.
Crime round-up: Robberies, $7,000 cigarette heist, BHS student with gun
Berkeleyside has been collecting notable arrests and details on other public safety incidents in 2019 in response to reader tips and independent research. They appear here along with BPD’s “cases of community interest.”
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Berkeley police ask for help, video footage, from recent shooting incident
Police are particularly interested in hearing from people who live in the area shots were fired who might have security camera footage from that afternoon.
