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September 6, 2003 ***
PRESS RELEASE *** Contact:
Lieutenant Arnold R. Lui W
Homicide at Alcatraz & Adeline
BERKELEY
– On Friday, September 5, 2003 at 2359 hours, the Berkeley Police
Department received reports of a possible shooting in the area of
Alcatraz Avenue and Adeline Street in Berkeley.
Officers responding into the area found the victim, a White male
adult, approximately 25-27 years of age lying in the street.
The victim appeared to have been shot.
Witnesses indicated that they heard the sound of gun fire and
upon looking over to a gray vehicle, saw one of the doors to the vehicle
opening up and the victim falling out. The vehicle then sped off
westbound on Alcatraz. The
witnesses approached the victim to check on his welfare and noticed that
he had been shot. The
Berkeley Fire Department’s medical crew gave emergency medical
treatment and transported the victim to Alta Bates Hospital where he was
pronounced dead a short time later.
The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of
relatives. The Berkeley
Police Department’s Homicide was contacted and will be conducting the
homicide investigation.
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