Crime

The Berkeley Scanner shooting and gunfire map for 2022

Three people were killed and 16 wounded in shootings in Berkeley in 2022, making it much more violent than the prior year.

Police arrest suspect after chase through People's Park

The man had punched a young female Taco Bell Cantina worker multiple times during a robbery attempt Tuesday night, police said.

Driver who ran over homeless woman while fleeing UCPD held on murder charge

Alexander McGee, now 32, ran over 58-year-old Bernadette Young Bear while fleeing from a UCPD officer nearly three years ago.

Thief steals DoorDash driver's car during Berkeley delivery

The driver had left his doors unlocked with the engine running and the keys in the ignition, police said.

Suspect in 1997 Berkeley Hills stranger rape of teen ordered to stand trial

DNA tested decades after the rape led police to Kevin Davis, court records show. His DNA was on file because he had been in prison in another state.

Police: Woman fired gun after trying to give child marijuana

Tiffany Payne fired her gun into the air and threatened the child's mother saying, "the next one is for you,'" Berkeley police wrote in court papers.

Berkeley PD: Man in suspicious car shot at off-duty officer

The officer was not harmed. Police found 22 casings at the shooting scene, which was near Sylvia Mendez Elementary.