After nearly a year-long investigation, Berkeley Police cuffed a suspect in a daylight shooting, the department announced Thursday. The incident, which took place last March at the busy intersection of 8th Street and Channing Way, rattled local residents when shots rang out in the middle of the afternoon. Initially, when officers arrived around 4:26 pm, they found casings but no casualties, leaving neighbors in a limbo of unrest.
A deep-dive investigation pointed the finger at Jaedon Woods. Assisted by the US Marshal Fugitive Task Force, on January 24, Woods was nabbed at his home in Fairfield, cops say a search of his digs turned up more proof he was the gunman. After hauling Woods to Berkeley City Jail, he now faces a serious rap sheet, including assault with a firearm and shooting at an inhabited dwelling, among other felony enhancements.
The suspect's capture, nearly ten months in the making, was partially credited to the sleuth prowess of Berkeley detectives and the muscle of the US Marshals. The following day, January 25, the Alameda County DA's office decided to lay on charges. According to the Berkeley Police Department's statement, these charges include PC 245(a)(2) and PC 246.
The Berkeley Police extended kudos to the Fugitive Task Force, with no shortage of relief to close a case that has surely kept the precinct busy. Now behind bars, Woods awaits the next steps in the judicial process, his future hanging on the scales of justice.
