Investigators found 22 shell casings at the scene of a shooting involving an off-duty Berkeley police officer who was following a BMW possibly linked to a vehicle burglary.
By Jason Green and Harry Harris Source East Bay Times Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
BERKELEY, CA—Berkeley police on Wednesday were searching for a person who allegedly opened fire on an off-duty officer, according to authorities and media reports.
The shooting was reported in the 2100 block of Oregon Street, between Shattuck Avenue and Fulton Street. That section of the street remained closed as of 3:15 p.m.
Just after 3 p.m., a person notified police that they were following a silver sedan that possibly had been involved in a crime Tuesday, according to Berkeley Police Department Officer Byron White. The person in the silver sedan then started shooting at the person who was following them, but no one was injured, White said.
Law enforcement sources with knowledge of the shooting told the Bay Area News Group that the victim was an off-duty Berkeley police officer. The officer was driving to work when he came across the sedan, the sources said.
The Berkeley Scanner, an online news outlet, also reported that the victim was an off-duty officer and that the suspect was driving a BMW linked to a vehicle burglary earlier this week.
White said police could not confirm reports that the shooting involved an off-duty police officer.
Police found 22 shell casings at the scene of the shooting, The Berkeley Scanner reported.
The case remains under investigation and anyone with information can contact police at 510-981-5900.