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Berkeley police shared this picture Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 of a BB gun resembling a handgun recovered Wednesday from a 15-year-old who fled police on foot shortly after a battle involving college students on the Berkeley Excessive College campus in Berkeley, Calif. (Courtesy Berkeley Police Division)
BERKELEY — A 15-year-old scholar was in Juvenile Corridor after his arrest on suspicion of a pair of expenses following a foot chase from Berkeley Excessive College’s campus, authorities stated.
In a press release, police stated officers responded at 11:53 a.m. Wednesday to stories of a downtown battle involving Berkeley Excessive college students. After officers arrived, they discovered that two college students threatened others with a handgun. Quickly after, a faculty useful resource officer labored with workers to determine the pair.
When officers later discovered the pair have been on campus, they went to speak to them, however the college students fled from them into and out of a campus constructing and onto Milvia and Kittredge streets, police stated.
Officers lastly chased the pair down close to Shattuck Avenue and Allston Approach, and a search of 1 scholar’s backpack yielded a BB gun with a metal aspect, polymer body and different traits making it resemble a handgun.
Police stated the coed, who was arrested on suspicion of brandishing a duplicate firearm and having a weapon on campus, didn't attend Berkeley Excessive.
Anybody with info ought to name Berkeley police at 510-891-5900 and reference case No. 2022-00002792
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.