Berkeley: Man arrested in connection with October shooting

BERKELEY — Authorities on Thursday arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with an injury shooting last month in Berkeley.

Gunshots were reported the afternoon of Oct. 24 near the intersection of Henry Street and Berkeley Way, according to the Berkeley Police Department. Officers arrived to find signs of a shooting, but no victims or suspects.

A victim later turned up at Highland Hospital in Oakland, where they were treated for a gunshot wound.

Detectives identified a suspect in the shooting and secured a warrant for his arrest, police said.

On Thursday morning, members of the police department’s special response team found the man at a residence in Oakland and arrested him on suspicion of assault with a firearm, negligent discharge of a firearm and shooting at an inhabited dwelling, police said.

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