Mourners set up a small memorial in West Berkeley in February near the site of Zontee Jones’ death. Photo: Emilie Raguso Mourners set up a small memorial in West Berkeley in February near the site of Zontee Jones’ death. Photo: Emilie Raguso A 21-year-old man named by authorities as one of two people responsible for […]
Homicide 2013
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Murdered man was brother of man killed by gangs in 2009
Berkeley’s second homicide of the year took place in the 1800 block of Derby Street, just west of Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Photo: Google Street View Berkeley’s second homicide of the year took place in the 1800 block of Derby Street, just west of Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Photo: Google Street View Exclusive: […]
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Breaking: Man shot and killed on Derby Street in Berkeley
Police are investigating the second homicide of the year on the 1800 block of Derby Street, just west of Martin Luther King Jr. Way Police are on the scene investigating a homicide on the 1800 block of Derby Street in Berkeley, just west of Martin Luther King Jr. Way. The police began to receive multiple calls reporting […]
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2 men named in Berkeley murder case; details emerge
A small memorial was set up in West Berkeley near the site of Zontee Jones’ killing earlier this year. Photo: Emilie Raguso A small memorial was set up in West Berkeley near the site of Zontee Jones’ killing earlier this year. Photo: Emilie Raguso A man arrested Sunday in connection with Berkeley’s only homicide of […]
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Berkeley police make arrest in Zontee Jones murder
A memorial for Zontee Jones, who was killed in West Berkeley on Feb. 4. Photo: Emilie Raguso Police have arrested an Oakland man in connection with the premeditated killing of Zontee Jones, who was fatally shot Feb. 4 on Delaware Street near San Pablo Avenue in West Berkeley. Jones, 34, was the city’s first homicide of 2013. Jevon Calland, […]
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Police release suspect info from Grizzly Peak homicide
Police are investigating a homicide that took place on Grizzly Peak Boulevard on Sunday. Photo: Lee Horowitz Police have released a description of the man believed to be responsible for a shooting early Sunday morning that left a Fremont student dead outside a car on Grizzly Peak Boulevard. This week, the University of California Police Department identified […]
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Police investigate homicide on Grizzly Peak Boulevard
Police are investigating a homicide on Grizzly Peak Boulevard. A reader shared this photograph, just above the children’s steam train area, and said vehicles are not being allowed to pass. Photo: Lee Horowitz Police are investigating a homicide on Grizzly Peak Boulevard. A reader shared this photograph, just above the children’s steam train area, and […]
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Berkeley community remembers teen slain in Oakland
Lonnie Brewer, 18, holds up photographs of best friend Olajuwon Clayborn, who was killed Sunday in Oakland. Olajuwon’s cousin, Joneisha, had taped her cousin’s photograph to a vase of flowers, which Brewer holds here. Photo: Emilie Raguso [Editor’s Note: Olajuwon Clayborn’s funeral will be held Friday, May 17, at 11 a.m. at Missionary Church of God in Christ, 1125 […]
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Police arrest Oakland woman in Berkeley homicide
Update, March 4, 3:35 p.m. Berkeleyside has removed the name of the woman who was arrested because of the decision to release her without charging her last week. Update, Feb. 27, 10:50 p.m. According to the Alameda County district attorney’s office, the woman was released Tuesday by the Berkeley Police Department under Penal Code section 849(b). Charges […]
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Police make arrests related to 2 Berkeley homicides
A tea light display at the site of a memorial for Zontee Jones, who was killed earlier this month in west Berkeley. Photo: Emilie Raguso The Berkeley Police Department has confirmed that an arrest has been made following the fatal shooting of Zontee Jones on Feb. 4. Details, however, were scant. Police declined to provide […]
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Police name Zontee Jones as year’s first homicide
A small memorial has been set up near the site of Jones’ death Monday. Photo: Emilie Raguso A small memorial has been set up near the site of Jones’ death Monday. Photo: Emilie Raguso Police have released the name of Berkeley’s first homicide victim of 2013, identifying him late Wednesday afternoon as Zontee Jones, 34, […]
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Man shot dead in Berkeley, first homicide of 2013
Berkeley police’s crime scene van near the site of the shooting on Delaware Street. Photo: Emilie Raguso Berkeley police’s crime scene van near the site of the shooting on Delaware Street. Photo: Emilie Raguso By Lance Knobel and Emilie Raguso Update, Feb. 5: The name of the victim of the Feb. 4 fatal shooting on […]
