Berkeley police arrest double stabbing suspect
Police say Joseph Reindl went back to the scene to stab a witness. He was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
A Berkeley man suspected of stabbing two people in North Oakland, including a witness to the first attack, has been arrested, authorities said.
The investigation began Saturday just before 3 p.m. when a 39-year-old Berkeley man walked into Alta Bates Hospital with a stab wound to his midsection.
He was taken to a local trauma center and was in stable condition, police said Saturday.
As they investigated the case, Berkeley police determined that the incident had happened in the 6500 block of Shattuck Avenue, just over the Oakland border.
Several hours later, Oakland police were dispatched to a stabbing in the same block, OPD said Monday afternoon in response to Scanner inquiries.
Officers found a man who had been stabbed in the chest; he was taken to the hospital and was expected to survive, police said.
Berkeley police found the suspect, 33-year-old Joseph Reindl, on his way back to his Berkeley home near Sacramento Street and Ashby Avenue at about 8:45 p.m., authorities said.
Joseph Reindl. BPD
He was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is being held without bail, according to booking records.
Reindl is scheduled for arraignment Thursday at Wiley Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.
Reindl has just one other criminal case listed in Alameda County Superior Court, a misdemeanor case involving a concealed dirk or dagger and petty theft charges. The case was dismissed in 2025 after Reindl completed a deferred prosecution program.
Authorities ask anyone with information about the case to call the Oakland Police Department Felony Assault Unit at 510-238-3426.
The Scanner added a booking photograph of Reindl to this story after publication.
