The janitor who was arrested in connection with a shooting in July has been charged with four felonies by the Alameda County district attorney’s office, according to court papers.
San Pablo Park
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Police make arrest in gunfire case
Police investigators have arrested a 37-year-old janitor in connection with a shooting incident in July that damaged two homes near San Pablo Park, according to records online.
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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.
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Bullet bursts through Berkeley home, just missing woman’s head
Two groups involved in an altercation shot at each other Monday afternoon near San Pablo Park, sending a bullet through a nearby resident’s home.
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2 groups fire at each other in southwest Berkeley
Two groups engaged in an altercation on Burnett Street on Monday afternoon fired shots at each other, hitting residences but no people, said Berkeley police.
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Family demands justice for slain rapper
Relatives and friends of a slain young rap musician killed outside his home in August repeatedly asked police Sunday to help them get justice for Alex Goodwin Jr.
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Berkeley music collective honors slain rapper ‘AyeGee’
Neighborhood Heavy artists, from left to right, Alex Goodwin Jr., Rayuan “Ray Ski” Lee and John Winslow. Photo: Neighborhood Heavy [Editor’s Note: Berkeleyside freelancer Delency Parham knew Alex Goodwin Jr. This story includes some of Parham’s own reflections, as a young Black man himself, on the loss.] Berkeley-based music collective Neighborhood Heavy honored slain group member Alex […]
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Berkeley homicide victim ID’d as Alex Goodwin Jr., 22
Twenty-two-year-old Alex Goodwin Jr. has been identified as the person who was fatally shot by San Pablo Park late Thursday night. Authorities have not released the name, but friends have identified Goodwin online and the family has been informed, according to those familiar with the neighborhood. Thursday night’s shooting became the first homicide of the […]
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Update: Man dead after shooting near San Pablo Park
Image: Google Maps Berkeley had its first homicide of the year early Friday after a man in his 20s was shot and critically injured near San Pablo Park. Police called to southwest Berkeley just before midnight following reports of possible gunfire found a young man down in the street who was breathing but unresponsive. Berkeley Police Sgt. Andrew Frankel said […]
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Car crash causes power outage in southwest Berkeley
A car crashed into a power pole at Ward and San Pablo. The pole fell onto a parked car. Photo: Danielle Madugo A car crashed into a power pole at Ward and San Pablo. The pole fell onto a parked car. Photo: Danielle Madugo A car crash downed power lines and caused outages to more than 1,000 people in […]
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Alameda man charged in South Berkeley shooting
Police responded to South Berkeley for a report of a shooting in August. Photo: Tom Price An Alameda man has been charged with eight felonies linked to four separate victims from a shooting in South Berkeley near San Pablo Park in August that sent one man to the hospital. Jamell Tousant, 38, is being held at Santa […]
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2 stabbings on Telegraph; gunshots on Mabel
Berkeley Police cruisers on Telegraph in March 2014 (file photo). Photo: Emilie Raguso Update, Oct. 19, 3:30 p.m. Police said they later determined both stabbings on Telegraph were related to the same street fight, as reported Monday by the Daily Cal. Original story, Oct. 17, 1:44 a.m. Berkeley Police officers had a busy night Friday, including […]
