Berkeley police remain at the scene Monday night after a report of a man who brandished a gun and then fled from officers who tried to pull him over, according to early reports.
The arrest took place in the 1800 block of Channing Way, just west of Martin Luther King Jr. Way, at about 7 p.m.
One local resident, Ryan Johnson, said neighbors heard “a large boom that shook their house and found a two- to three-car pileup with multiple officers responding” to the scene.
Photographs from the block indicated that at least one other car was damaged in the crash.
The Channing Way arrest scene Monday night, March 3, 2025. Ariel Nava Photo
At least one neighbor got an alert on their phone warning of a man in a black car who had brandished a gun, Johnson said.
Berkeley police indicated that officers had gotten a Flock license plate reader hit about the car the man was driving before the crash.
The Scanner is working to gather more details and will update this story as they become available.
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