Crime & Safety
Man Remains Hospitalized Following Friday Shooting
The shooting forced 5 Berkeley schools to secure their perimeters.
BERKELEY, CA — A 21-year-old man is in stable condition after he was shot and seriously wounded in South Berkeley Friday afternoon, police said Monday.
Officers were called to reports of gunfire near Derby and Grant streets around 1:15 p.m. The callers also reported someone was on the ground, according to Berkeley Police Department Lt. Peter Hong.
When officers arrived, they found a 21-year-old with serious gunshot wounds. He was rushed to the hospital.
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Five schools in the area - Berkeley High School, Berkeley Technology Academy, Longfellow Middle School, Washington Elementary School and the King Child Development Center - were asked to secure their perimeters, according to Berkeley Unified School District spokesman Charles
Burress.
"All sites were able to resume normal operations within about an hour or less," Burress said in a statement. School officials don't believe students were involved in the shooting, according to Burress.
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Police are urging residents to look at any video surveillance footage they have that might help police in the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the Police Department's homicide unit at (510) 981-5741.
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