Berkeley Stalking Suspect Faces Gun Charges

Berkeley CA

01 April, 2021

2:08 PM

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BERKELEY, CA — A Berkeley stalking suspect is facing additional charges for firing a gun outside his victim's home last month, police said. The victim on March 22 reported receiving ongoing threatening messages from a man they had recently ended a dating relationship with according to the Berkeley Police Department. Police identified the suspect as a 19-year-old Vallejo man. The victim told officers they had heard a loud pop outside their home and then saw the suspect had posted a picture of a gun on social media, police said. The suspect then told a mutual friend he had fired a shot outside the victim's home, which the friend relayed to the victim according to police. Officers located and arrested the suspect in the Berkeley hills, police said. A search warrant at the suspect's home revealed an illegal "ghost gun," a firearm with no serial number. The Alameda County District Attorney's Office on March 24 charged the suspect with multiple violations, including stalking, discharging a firearm with gross negligence, and felony and misdemeanor weapons violations.