Update: Woman, 30, arrested after New Year's Eve gunfire
A caller told police the shooter was a white woman with facial piercings and neck tattoos who fired the gun in an apartment on Addison Street.
Update, Jan. 3: The woman who was arrested on suspicion of firing a gun in Berkeley on New Year's Eve has been identified as 30-year-old Amanda Ingram.
Amanda Ingram. BPD
She was arrested on suspicion of discharging a firearm in a grossly negligent manner that could result in injury or death, according to jail records.
Ingram is now in custody at Santa Rita Jail with a bail of $50,000. She is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday at Wiley Manuel Courthouse.
The Scanner added her booking photograph to the story when it became available.
Update, Jan. 2: BPD later determined that the shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve. It was not reported until nearly 2 a.m. Jan. 1.
Original story, Jan. 1: A Berkeley woman in her 30s was detained early Wednesday morning after the first confirmed gunfire report of the year.
Berkeley police were called to investigate the shooting report shortly before 2 a.m. in the 600 block of Addison Street in West Berkeley.
A caller advised officers that the woman had fired the gun into the floor during an argument with her boyfriend but that no one had been hurt.
The shooter was described as a white woman with facial piercings and neck tattoos who had fired the gun in an apartment at Avalon Berkeley, a large complex at 651 Addison St.
After officers detained the woman, at about 2:10 a.m., they seized two firearms from the scene, authorities said Wednesday.
No further details about the woman were available as of publication time due to a pending medical assessment.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
Read more about shootings in Berkeley.
Last year, there were 31 shootings in Berkeley, leaving three people dead and seven wounded.
But, aside from gun violence, most serious crime reports fell in Berkeley in 2024, according to preliminary data.
Just published: The Scanner's 2025 Berkeley gunfire map
Bookmark The Scanner's 2025 gunfire map for more reporting on Berkeley gun violence as the year proceeds.
Meanwhile, on New Year's Eve, Oakland reported a fatal stabbing and a mass shooting — with four victims, including one who perished — as well as its first homicide of 2025: a shooting that left one person dead on 24th Avenue in East Oakland just before 3:15 a.m. Wednesday.
