UC Berkeley stabbing: Exclusive new details
The victim was reportedly stabbed more than a dozen times. Police are investigating reports about a disgruntled ex.
A young man was stabbed in a UC Berkeley parking lot while enjoying the view with his girlfriend Saturday night, authorities report.
Police say they are looking into reports that a disgruntled ex may have been responsible but had not verified those details as of Monday morning.
The victim was reportedly stabbed more than a dozen times. Neither he nor his girlfriend, who are in their 20s, are affiliated with UC Berkeley, authorities said.
No one else was parked in the lot when the stabbing happened, police said.
Officers from the University of California Police Department were dispatched at about 11:50 p.m. Saturday to the west parking lot of the Lawrence Hall of Science, police said.
The popular science museum is located at 1 Centennial Drive in the Berkeley Hills.
A woman, who was described as uncooperative, told police her friend had just been stabbed, according to radio dispatches reviewed by The Scanner.
Arriving officers found the male victim responsive with multiple stab wounds, according to radio traffic.
The Berkeley Fire Department rushed the young man to Highland Hospital with a trauma activation, according to radio traffic.
Officers found a blood trail at the scene and followed it, but did not find any of the assailants.
The suspects were described as three people in black who fled on foot in an unknown direction, police said.
"UCPD is actively searching for them, and this case is under investigation," the agency said in a WarnMe alert shortly after the stabbing.
Berkeley stabbing reports appear to be up
Serious stabbings have typically been rare in Berkeley. That may be changing.
In January, a man was charged with murder after stabbing a man and woman while confronting them in West Berkeley about stealing his van in connection with a package theft operation, authorities have said.
During the confrontation, the woman — who later died — also stabbed the van owner, police said previously.
On April 9, two teens fled on scooters after stabbing a teenage boy as he walked home from the gym in southwest Berkeley.
About two weeks later, a stabbing near UC Berkeley left a young man in critical condition. The April 22 incident was witnessed by 60-100 horrified onlookers, including many Cal students.
Last week, a homeless man was stabbed in downtown Berkeley on Center Street outside the shelter where he stays, authorities said.
Days later, the Citizen app sent out a spurious alert to thousands of people about a double stabbing at Ashby BART — which actually had not happened. (Authorities said there was a similar report around the same time near Fruitvale BART station in Oakland.)
On Sunday, less than 24 hours after Saturday night's stabbing outside the Lawrence Hall of Science, a homeless man was stabbed in a popular Berkeley shopping district after trying to punch a local worker who rebuked him for public urination, authorities report.
Emilie Raguso
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