Berkeley police exchanged gunfire with a suspect near 8th and Delaware streets on Friday April 13, 2012. Berkeley police shot and wounded a man Friday night who opened fire on them from an apartment near Eighth and Delaware streets. Police were in the area looking for a man who had fled from a car several blocks […]
Officer-involved shootings
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Berkeley police kill more deer than any other animal
A deer spotted in Berkeley. Photo: Keoki Seu The Berkeley Police Department’s slaying of a mountain lion last August and a dog in April drew criticism that the police were unnecessarily shooting animals. The killings prompted the Berkeley Animal Care Commission to ask for a list of all the animals police officers have shot in […]
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Update on incident which resulted in shooting of pet dog
The gun being used for target practice in a Berkeley back yard. Photo: BPD The Berkeley Police Department has issued an updated statement on the incident last Saturday which ended with a pet pit bull being shot and killed by a police officer. The police also released a photo of the gun that a member […]
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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 […]