Crime & Safety

No One Injured by Gunfire in Emeryville Pak N Save Parking Lot

Anyone with information about the shooting has been asked to contact Emeryville police at (510) 596-3700.

Update:

A gunfight broke out in the Pak N Save parking lot in Emeryville this afternoon but it appears no one was injured, an Emeryville police captain said. The shooting was reported at 1:24 p.m. in the grocery store parking lot at 3889 San Pablo Ave., police said.

Witnesses told police that two men drove a black Lexus and a gold Mercedes Benz into the parking lot, got out of their cars and started shooting at each other. The two men then got back into their cars and fled. One fled south on San Pablo Avenue and the other fled through the parking lot, police said. An employee of the Bank Club bar across the street said she heard about 10 shots fired. Police officers recovered 10 shell casings in the parking lot.

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Two parked cars were struck by gunfire but they were unoccupied, police said. It appears no one was injured, as police checked local hospitals for victims and didn’t find any. Investigators are reviewing surveillance footage from the grocery store and nearby businesses and have obtained a partial license plate number for the Lexus: California #5SF_569.

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Gunfire broke out in the Pak N Save parking lot in Emeryville this afternoon but it appears no one was injured, an Emeryville police captain said. The shooting was reported at 1:24 p.m. in the grocery store parking lot at 3889 San Pablo Ave., police Capt. Dante Diotalevi said.

The occupants of one car fired on another before fleeing. Police are reviewing surveillance footage and investigating whether the occupants of the second car returned fire, Diotalevi said. An employee of the Bank Club bar across the street said she heard about 10 shots fired. Diotalevi said police recovered 10 shell casings in the parking lot.

Multiple parked cars were struck by gunfire but they were unoccupied and no injuries have been reported. One of the two cars fled south on San Pablo Avenue and the other fled through the parking lot. Diotalevi said one of the two cars was a black Lexus 300 and police have a partial license plate number for the car.

Anyone with information about the shooting has been asked to contact Emeryville police at (510) 596-3700.

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