Berkeley officers shoot, kill person during response to alleged car burglary

Berkeley police shot and killed one person while responding to an alleged car burglary early Monday morning, the department confirmed.

BERKELEY — Berkeley police officers shot and killed a person early Monday morning, the second fatal shooting by police in recent months, department officials confirmed.

An unknown number of officers were in the area of 7th and Grayson Streets around 5:25 a.m. investigating a suspected vehicle burglary in progress when they encountered three adult suspects, police said while speaking to reporters Monday.

Officers eventually opened fire on the suspects, hitting one person, according to authorities. After life-saving measures were attempted, the person was later pronounced dead at Highland Hospital.

Police did not reveal whether the suspects fired any shots in the exchange, or whether they were armed with a weapon, citing an open investigation into the incident. When asked why the officers felt the need to open fire, a police spokesperson said she didn’t have that information.

At the scene, a Ford truck was seen adjacent to a police vehicle with at least one bullet hole in the driver’s side window. Two arrests were made at the scene and no officers were injured, according to authorities.

Authorities did not immediately release the identity of the person killed.

In September, five Berkeley officers fatally shot 24-year-old Lamar Walker after he killed the mother of his 7-year-old child, before an apparent attempt to take his own life at the Toyota of Berkeley Service Center in just over the city border in Albany. When police found him, he allegedly pointed a revolver at officers before they opened fire.