Berkeley police arrest road rage shooting suspect
Police arrested Devon Craft on suspicion of assault with a firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm and more.
Two days after a road rage shooting in South Berkeley, police have arrested a suspect in the case, booking records show.
Police arrested Devon Craft shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday, about 48 hours after the non-injury shooting in the 3100 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
Limited information has been available. But Berkeley police said, earlier in the week, that an argument between two drivers led to the shooting Tuesday afternoon.
"One of the involved drivers shot at the other vehicle after the argument, causing a vehicle collision," Berkeley police told The Scanner.
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On Thursday, BPD arrested Craft on suspicion of assault with a firearm on a person, shooting at an inhabited vehicle, being a felon in possession of a firearm and criminal threats, all four of which are listed as felonies.
Craft, who is 38, is scheduled for arraignment Monday, according to jail records. He is being held on $320,000 bail.
His city of residence was not immediately available but Craft has a number of criminal cases in Alameda County, court records show.
His most recent conviction was in 2017 when a robbery case sent him to prison.
Read more about shootings in Berkeley.
There were two other shootings in Berkeley this week.
On Monday, police got reports of gunfire in the 1000 block of Channing Way (near San Pablo Avenue) at about 2 p.m.
On Thursday, Berkeley police were called to investigate gunfire during a catalytic converter theft on Ninth Street.
As of Thursday, Berkeley had 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.
This story will be updated if additional information becomes available.
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