Police agencies had investigated at least 14 shootings for the year, one of which left a suspect hospitalized, as of Dec. 8, 2025. The most recent shooting, on Dec. 3, came after more than seven weeks with no apparent gunfire in the city.

Dec. 3: Several people called 911 to report gunfire near the 2000 block of Ninth Street around 1 a.m. Police officers found spent shell casings but no victims.

Oct. 12: Berkeley Police investigated gunfire around 6:20 p.m. on Oct. 12. BPD did not respond to several requests for more information.

Oct. 4: Berkeley police went to Ashby Avenue and Seventh Street shortly before 5:30 p.m. to investigate reports of gunfire between two cars. Police said a man had seen a robbery and auto theft in Oakland, followed the stolen car into Berkeley and opened fire. Police in Emeryville later detained four people from inside the stolen car, and police in Oakland later arrested the suspected shooter and his passenger.

Sept. 8: Berkeley police investigated reports of gunfire near King Street and Ashby Avenue, close to both the Ashby BART Station and Malcolm X Elementary school. They found shell casings on King but there were no reported injuries, and a department spokesman emphasized that, according to witness accounts, “the shooting was not directed at the nearby elementary school.”

Sept. 7: Oakland police contacted Berkeley police after OPD’s ShotSpotter system detected gunfire in the 1400 block of Harmon Street. Officers found a single shell casing in the area.

Sept. 4: Berkeley police went to The Hope Center after a 911 caller reported gunfire in the early morning. According to police, a man who was living there confronted a victim around 1:44 a.m., pulled a handgun from his waistband and shot four times at the victim, who was able to escape uninjured by fleeing into a stairwell. Police said they sent the shooter for psychiatric evaluation; he was later booked into the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin and is facing attempted murder and other charges.

June 22: Berkeley police investigated possible gunshots June 22 but found no damage or victims. Two days later on June 24 somebody reported finding a bullet casing in a parking lot in the area.

June 5: Berkeley police investigated after a building custodian reported finding a bullet. Police found a suspected impact mark on the building as well. It was not clear when the damage took place.

June 2: Police investigated a suspected bullet hole in an apartment floor after someone called them around 8:25 a.m.

April 13: A Berkeley police officer shot a man police said was holding a firearm and threatening to shoot officers who had gone to investigate reports of a woman screaming for help inside an apartment.

March 21: The Berkeley and University of California police departments investigated after the university’s ShotSpotter sensors indicated two gunshots near Memorial Stadium shortly before 9:30 p.m. Officers found evidence of gunfire on Canyon Road but no victims or apparent damage, according to BPD.

Feb. 9: Berkeley Police Department officers investigated gunshots on University Avenue between Acton and Sacramento streets, according to the agency’s Transparency Hub. More information was not immediately available.

Jan. 18: BPD officers went to the 2800 block of College Avenue around 2:16 a.m. to investigate a report of a gunshot but found no victims or evidence. A second caller about an hour later reported there may have been somebody hurt in the shooting and while officers did not find any victims they did find evidence of gunfire when they went back to the scene.

Jan. 20: BPD officers went to 62nd and King streets around 7:30 p.m. to investigate a report of gunshots and found evidence of gunfire a block west at 62nd and California streets.

BPD’s Transparency Hub lists an additional “shots fired” incident on June 28, but an agency spokesperson clarified that officers found neither firearms nor evidence of gunfire during that investigation.

California Highway Patrol officers also investigated a report of a shooting on Interstate 80 on Jan. 24, but that incident “has not been substantiated as no victim or suspect was located,” CHP Sgt. Andrew Barclay said in an email at the time. “Beyond a single witness, no other information has been provided indicating a shooting did indeed occur.”

At this time last year, there had been 23 shootings in Berkeley, more than 60% more than there have been so far this year. Seven of those 2024 shootings left people wounded and three others were fatal.

BPD, UCPD and the California Highway Patrol investigated 30 shooting incidents altogether in 2024, leaving a total of three people dead and seven more hurt. That figure was down from 35 shootings the year before, with eight people hurt and one death, a burglary suspect fatally shot by police.

In the 2025 Berkeley gunfire map, as with previous years, incidents with no known injuries are marked in yellow, and those with injuries in orange. Fatal shootings, if they happen, will be marked in red.

City police have previously told Berkeleyside that they consider a gunfire call confirmed if officers find evidence such as bullet casings, a gunshot victim or victims or property damaged by gunfire at the scene. UCPD also uses a ShotSpotter detection system that helps them identify gunshots.

City police ask that anyone with information on any shooting incident contact the department’s Homicide Detail at 510-981-5741. The non-emergency line for UCPD is 510-642-6760. University police also accept tips by email, or you can send UCPD a tip anonymously through CalTIP by texting 510-664-8477.

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