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Flash: Berkeley Police advise avoiding Marina amid reports of man with rifle

Dan McMenamin (BCN)
Tuesday July 19, 2016 - 05:17:00 PM

Police are advising people to avoid the Berkeley Marina this afternoon because of a report of a man with a rifle in the area, a police spokesman said. 

Berkeley police received several reports starting at 12:19 p.m. of a man on the pedestrian overcrossing near West Frontage Road carrying what appeared to be a rifle, police Sgt. Andrew Frankel said. 

He was last seen walking into McLaughlin Eastshore State Park and was described as a white or Hispanic man in his 40s who was wearing a yellow shirt, Frankel said. 

Police are advising people to avoid the area and said no vehicle traffic is allowed into the marina. 

Frankel said California Highway Patrol officers, including a helicopter crew, and East Bay Regional Park District police were assisting to search for the man. The search was still ongoing as of shortly before 2 p.m.