One person died and three others were injured in a shooting this morning in Berkeley's South Campus area near Telegraph and Durant avenues, police said.
The shooting happened when a fight broke out broke out around 1:35 a.m., according to police. Four people sustained gunshot wounds, and officers reported to the scene and began lifesaving measures, according to police.
The injured people were taken to the hospital by the Berkeley Fire Department, police said. Since then, one person has succumbed to his injury, according to police.
Maria, a UC Berkeley student who lives nearby said she heard the gunfire. She did not want to show her face as she described friends running back into the building crying after witnessing the violence.
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“Some of my friends were on the scene and they saw it, and they saw the gun and the people fighting and then, they started running towards the dorm,” she said.
Some of the witnesses described the gunfire so rapid that they first thought it was fireworks.
“I heard more like upwards of 10 maybe like 15. And I come outside and what we see are groups of people in shock,” said witness Kevin Nguyen.
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Cal officials told NBC Bay Area Saturday night that none of the people involved were UC Berkeley students.
The case is being investigated by Berkeley Homicide Detectives with the assistance of the Operations Division.
The suspects are currently still outstanding.
Anyone with information about this case or security footage that captured the suspects, is asked to contact the Berkeley Police Department at (510) 981-5900.
