Mental health

UC Berkeley gunfire suspect now arrested after psych hold

Virgil Hampton was medically cleared and taken into custody Thursday afternoon.

Man armed with blade near UC Berkeley placed on psych hold

UCPD deployed a Taser on the armed man after he ignored orders and was not stopped by "less lethal" baton rounds, authorities said.

UC Berkeley shooting suspect put on psych hold after arrest

UCPD arrested the shooter within two minutes of the first 911 call. No one was wounded Friday night.

Berkeley police respond to report of woman in crisis

BPD said the woman reportedly had a stick and a knife but was not brandishing them.

Man with knife confronts cops, put on psychiatric hold

Police say the man stabbed at the windshield of a cruiser where an officer was sitting at about 2:15 p.m.

Berkeley police search for suspect in Claremont stabbing

BPD lifted the shelter-in-place advisory just before 9:40 p.m., according to a Nixle alert. Police are still looking for suspect Byron DeCles.

Dawn Carraway charged with felony assault of woman, 78

Police wrote that Carraway seemed to be "experiencing a psychiatric episode" when she shoved the woman down on Shattuck Avenue.