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Berkeley police are looking for a 22-year-old man who is suspected  

of fatally stabbing a man in the city Thursday night, a police officer said  

today. 

Kevin Aaron Alvarado is wanted in connection with the stabbing,  

which was reported at about 7:40 p.m. Thursday in the 2100 block of Curtis  

Street, according to police Officer Andrew Frankel. 

Officers arrived near the corner of Curtis Street and Allston Way  

and found the victim suffering from a stab wound to his chest. He was taken  

to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries, Frankel said. 

Police are not yet releasing the victim's identity, he said. 

Alvarado, a Berkeley resident and known member of the West Side  

Berkeley gang, is wanted for murder and should be considered armed and  

dangerous. Investigators do not believe the stabbing was gang-related, and  

are still trying to establish a motive, Frankel said. 

Investigators believe he will try to flee the country and are  

asking for the community's help in catching him. 

Anyone with information about Alvarado or the stabbing is urged to  

call the homicide detail of the Berkeley Police Department at (510) 981-5741  

or the non-emergency dispatch line at (510) 981-5900. 

People wishing to remain anonymous can call the Bay Area Crime  

Stoppers tip line at (800) 222-TIPS. 

The homicide was Berkeley's first in 2010.