Berkeley police said Tuesday that officers on Saturday, Nov. 7, arrested Joseph Reindl, a 33-year-old Berkeley resident, on suspicion of attempted murder and additional charges after two stabbings at the same apartment building near Shattuck Avenue and 66th Street, the department said in a news release and Berkeley Patch reported.
Why it matters: The first victim arrived at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center with a stab wound at about 2:56 p.m., police said. Officers first thought the attack happened near Shattuck and Ashby avenues, then determined it occurred in the building’s courtyard near Shattuck and 66th Street, close to the Berkeley-Oakland border.
At about 7:43 p.m., officers were alerted to a second stabbing at the same building, involving the same suspect, the city said, listing an Oakland Police Department case number for that call. Shortly afterward, Berkeley officers saw Reindl walking near his residence in the area of Russell Street and Stanton Street and detained him without incident, the release said.
Patch reported that it was unclear what led up to the stabbings. The department listed the case as Berkeley PD 2026-00049937. Police did not release the victims’ names or conditions in the Tuesday statement.