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Police Blotter: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN

Tuesday October 26, 2004

Shooting on Carleton Street 

A 56-year-old Berkeley man was shot in the stomach by a younger gunman Sunday night in the 1700 block of Carleton Street, according to Berkeley Police spokesperson Officer Joe Okies. 

Police had yet to talk to the victim, who was reported in serious condition Monday. 

Detectives are working the case intensively and have declined to release the victim’s name because they say it might hinder their investigation.  

Officers are seeking a light-skinned African-American male with a goatee in his early to mid-20’s who stands about 5’2”. He was wearing a blue knit cap, a blue puffy coat and blue jeans and may be driving a dark red or silver 1970 Dodge or Chrysler two-door sedan with a rally stripe. 

Strong-arm Snatcher 

A teenager forcibly robbed a 60-year-old Berkeley woman of her purse about 2 p.m. Friday near the corner of Franklin and Cedar streets, police said. 

Threatens Cane Attack 

A 57-year old woman called police about 1:20 a.m. Sunday to report that she’d been threatened by a cane-brandishing young fellow in the 1200 Block of Allston Way. 

He had vanished by the time officers arrived. 

Escalation Ends in Bust 

A dispute between two gentlemen in the 1200 block of Ashby Ave. escalated dangerously Sunday afternoon, and when the dust settled, one of the pair earned a ride to the hoosegow. 

During the dispute, a group of young people approached the disputants, one of them tossing a brick at one of the pair, a 61-year-old Berkeley man. 

Alarmed, the intended victim ducked inside his domicile and reemerged with a gun, prompting the others to take flight. 

At some point the gun went off, earning the adult a single count of willfully negligent discharge of a firearm, a crime carrying a penalty of up to a year in lockup. 

Police are still seeking the brick-thrower, described as a young male in his late teens to early 20s, said Officer Okies.›