Gunfire during catalytic converter theft in Berkeley
The non-injury shooting happened at about 5:15 a.m. on Ninth Street south of Channing Way, BPD told The Scanner.
Berkeley police were called to investigate gunfire Thursday morning during a catalytic converter theft on Ninth Street, authorities report.
The non-injury shooting happened at about 5:15 a.m. on Ninth Street south of Channing Way, Berkeley police said in response to a Scanner inquiry.
The incident was not reported until 6:45 a.m., police said. When officers arrived, they found evidence of gunfire at the scene.
They also determined that a catalytic converter had been stolen on the block at the time of the shooting.
No one has been arrested, but the investigation is ongoing, Berkeley police said.
Thursday's gunfire was Berkeley's third shooting of the week.
On Monday, police got reports of gunfire in the 1000 block of Channing Way (near San Pablo Avenue) at about 2 p.m.
Two or three vehicles may have been involved, but they left before officers arrived, BPD said. Police found no property damage or victims at the scene.
The next day, police investigated a road-rage shooting in broad daylight in the 3100 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way in South Berkeley.
As of Thursday, Berkeley has had seven shootings in 2024 with two men wounded.
Last year, there had only been two shootings as of this time and no one was wounded until mid-March.
Emilie Raguso
