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Robbery appears to be the motive in the shooting murder of Dwight Cornell Garland, 34, of Berkeley early Wednesday morning, Berkeley Police say. 

Lt Russell Lopes said that the man, well known to the area, was “just in the wrong place at the wrong time.” 

“Everything appears to be a robbery,” Lopes said. “He was a true victim in every sense of the word.” 

Police were responding to a report of a shooting at the apartment building in the 1200 block of Haskell Street at 12 minutes past midnight. Lopes said Garland was shot and killed standing in the driveway of the building. 

He was taken to Highland hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. 

Lopes said that there are currently no suspects. 

This was Berkeley’s third homicide this year. 

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A break-in and robbery of the Wicked store at 2431 Telegraph Ave. Monday night looks like the work of professional thieves, police say. 

Lt. Russell Lopes said that the robbers broke in through a skylight, disabled the alarm system and video cameras and stole over 300 blown glass smoking pipes worth over $40,000. 

“It’s a professional job,” he said. 

He said the burglary wasn’t discovered until the business opened the next morning and that there are currently no suspects.