After killing of Cal student, Berkeley man confessed, key witness says
An old friend of defendant Tony Walker said he confessed to a killing in June and had the same type of gun used in the crime just two days before the Seth Smith homicide.
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Friday night gunfire at city building under investigation in Berkeley
It was at least the third instance of gunfire in a single week in Berkeley, which has seen an increase in gun violence in 2020.
4 feet 7 and feisty: Loved ones remember Sereinat’e Henderson
“We don’t lose people like that in our family,” Henderson’s cousin told Berkeleyside. “It was just like somebody had stabbed me in my heart.”
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Mother, daughter reading in bed when bullets struck their ceiling
The gunfire hit so close, police said, drywall from the ceiling fell onto the woman and girl in bed.
Man with gunshot wound walks into Berkeley hospital for help
Police are investigating Thursday after a man walked into a Berkeley hospital with a gunshot wound, authorities report.
Berkeley hopes new Ceasefire program will curb violence
Citing an “alarming rise in shootings” this year, officials pledged Tuesday night to work to create a new Ceasefire program designed to “address gun violence” in Berkeley.
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Berkeley police respond to gunfire at Ashby, Dohr
Police in southwest Berkeley responded to gunfire at Ashby Avenue and Dohr Street just before 1 p.m. Monday.
Fundraisers launched for funeral, family of Sereinat’e Henderson
Some of the money will help create a fund for Sereinat’e Henderson’s 10-month-old son, organizers said.
Police offer $50,000 reward to help solve Sereinat’e Henderson’s murder
The Berkeley Police Department announced a $50,000 reward Friday to help find the killer of Sereinat’e Henderson.
19-year-old Berkeley woman dies after drive-by shooting
“She was a little thing but she had the biggest spirit,” Sereinat’e Henderson’s mother-in-law told Berkeleyside on Thursday night.
Pregnant woman in her 20s fatally wounded in drive-by shooting
The woman was rushed to a local hospital for treatment, police said. She was taken off life support Thursday and has died.
19-year-old charged after recent gunfire, police chase
A 19-year-old man police say fired multiple rounds from his vehicle then led police on a chase onto the freeway has been charged with four felonies.
