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Woman Hospitalized Following Shooting In South Berkeley

BERKELEY (CBS SF) -- Berkeley police responding to reports of a shooting shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday on Prince Street found a woman in a vehicle who had been struck by gunfire, a spokesman said.

The Berkeley Fire Department took the woman to an area hospital and her condition is unknown.

Prince Street will remain closed between King Street and Harper Street will remain closed while officers investigate, police said. The closed portion is near Malcolm X Elementary School, west of Martin Luther King Jr.
Way. The public is advised to avoid the area.

South Berkeley Shooting
Police on the scene of a shooting on Prince Street in South Berkeley on October 21, 2020. (CBS)

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Berkeley police Homicide Unit at (510) 981-5741.

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