A deranged gunman wearing a Tupac Shakur T-shirt terrorized the University of California, Berkeley campus Friday night when he fired an automatic pistol outside a packed classical music venue.
The anonymous gunman, from Oakland, reportedly drove into the area with his car. campus by bike Around 8:30 p.m., he began harassing a group of students who were practicing dance inside a tent.
Students told the Berkeley Scanner that the man appeared agitated and delusional.
When co-ed students tried to convince him to leave the area, he at one point threatened to summon federal agents and have them deported.
Video shows the man repeatedly firing a handgun near the school’s student council after refusing to leave.
Footage recorded by a witness showed panicked students running up the building’s stairs as gunshots exploded.
Police later found bullet holes in the windows of a nearby campus building.
The chaos erupted during a packed concert by acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming at the nearby Zellerbach Auditorium.
Around 2,000 frightened participants were forced to shelter in place during a break as police forces stormed the scene.
Police quickly identified the suspect and took him into custody. Other videos show the arrested man denying any involvement in the incident before being taken away.
Berkeley police officials said he was placed in psychiatric custody pending further investigation.
There were no reports of injuries.
Some students took to social media to vent their frustration at rising crime on Berkeley’s famous campus.
Some complained that the school failed to issue timely warnings about the situation.
