BERKELEY — Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a suspect who apparently brought a gun to a middle school campus Thursday afternoon.
In a statement, police said officers responded at 3:20 p.m. to Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 1781 Rose St., for a report of a gunman.
That response, which also included members of the department’s special-response team, found the gunman had left the North Berkeley campus.
While some officers remained to keep watch, others interviewed witnesses and coordinated with school district staff on a search.
Police said the suspect was described as a 20- to 30-year-old African-American man, about 5-foot-7 with a medium build and long twisty braids or dreadlocks, wearing a white hooded top and blue jeans.
Anyone with information should call Berkeley police at 510-981-5900.
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.
