UC Berkeley stabbing: Man charged with attempted murder
UCPD arrested 23-year-old Cesar Lozano on Friday, records show.
A man has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing in a UC Berkeley parking lot that left a man in critical condition earlier this month.
The stabbing took place Saturday, May 3, in the parking lot at the Lawrence Hall of Science in the Berkeley Hills.
According to booking records, the University of California Police Department arrested 23-year-old Cesar Lozano on Friday morning.
UCPD made other arrests in connection with the case but, so far, only Lozano has been charged, according to court records.
The victim in the case was reportedly stabbed more than a dozen times while enjoying the view with his girlfriend from the science museum parking lot, authorities report.
Neither he nor his girlfriend, who are both in their 20s, are affiliated with UC Berkeley, authorities said previously.
There were early reports that a disgruntled ex may have been responsible for the attack but authorities have not confirmed those details to date.
On Tuesday, the Alameda County district attorney's office charged Lozano with attempted murder, two counts of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, according to court records.
Lozano is not scheduled to enter a plea in the case until May 28, according to booking records.
What do we know about the UC Berkeley stabbing?
No one else was parked in the lot at the Lawrence Hall of Science 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.
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