Berkeley Shooting Arrest: Berkeley Man Behind Bars

BERKELEY, CA — Berkeley police last week arrested a man they believe pulled the trigger in a shooting near San Pablo Park in July in which a bullet nearly hit a resident in the head.

Berkeley resident Anthony McCurty, 37, was arrested at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 3200 block of Briggs Avenue in Alameda, where police served a search warrant.

Police said they believe McCurty was responsible for a shooting that occurred at about 3:50 p.m. on July 24 near the intersection of Acton and Burnett streets.

According to police, bullets from the gun did not hit anyone, but one bullet nearly hit a resident in the head when it passed through the wall of her home in the 1300 block of Burnett Street.

Information that investigators gathered during the arrest led them to an apartment in the 5600 block of Bay Street in Emeryville, where they found a stolen .45-caliber pistol and narcotics.

McCurty is being held in the county jail on $635,000 bail.

— Bay City News; Image via Berkeley Police

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