Crime & Safety
Assault On Transgender Victim At People's Park In Berkeley Investigated As Hate Crime
In the update, police confirmed that the aggravated assault occurred at the People's Park Housing Construction Site.
August 22, 2022
UC Berkeley police are investigating an aggravated assault with a shovel on a transgender victim Sunday morning in the construction zone at People's Park as a hate crime, according to authorities.
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Police provided few details in the initial "Warn Me" email issued by the school at 11:18 a.m. Sunday. It noted that the incident happened at 7:42 a.m. "at the UC Berkeley construction site on the 2500 block of Haste Street," but did not specify that the attack happened at the controversial and hotly contested housing project construction area at People's Park.
At first, no other information on the assault with the baseball bat was provided, including the circumstances surrounding the attack, the condition of the victim or information regarding a suspect in the assault.
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