Alleged Gang-Related Shootings In Berkeley: Arrests

BERKELEY, CA — Two men have been arrested and charged for two shootings ten minutes apart in Berkeley last month that appear to have been gang-related, police said.

Grayson Gordon, 18, of Richmond, and Amed Arabzai, 20, of Berkeley were arrested on May 17 and were charged on May 21 for the shootings on the night of April 12, according to police.

The first shooting occurred at 9:39 p.m. that night in the 1600 block of Russell Street and the second occurred about 10 minutes later in the 2900 block of Mabel Street, police said.

Officers who searched Gordon's home on Carlson Boulevard in Richmond found a firearm, according to police.

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Officers who searched Arabzai's home in the 1300 block of 66th Street in Berkeley allegedly found a .40-caliber pistol with an altered serial number, about $15,000 in cash, and about 30 pounds of marijuana.

The Alameda County District Attorney's Office charged Grayson with shooting at an occupied dwelling, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, using and carrying a loaded and concealed firearm in public and an enhancement of using a firearm while attempting to commit a felony.

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Grayson is being held in lieu of $465,000 bail at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin and is set to enter a plea next Wednesday at the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland.

Prosecutors charged Arabzai with misdemeanor possession of marijuana for sale and felony alteration of a firearm's identification.

Arabzai pleaded not guilty on May 21 and was released on his own recognizance. He's scheduled to return to court in June for a pretrial hearing.

— Bay City News; Image by Renee Schiavone, Patch