– As students and demonstrators began to gather at the University of California at Berkeley yesterday, a police officer shot an armed man inside a business computer lab on the other side of campus. Police say the suspect, who was taken to a local hospital for surgery, was shot after he "pulled a firearm out of his backpack and displayed it in a threatening manner" in a lab with four students present, the Los Angeles Times reports. Police aren't sure whether the man is a student or whether he is connected to the Occupy Cal demonstrations that drew thousands of protesters to the campus yesterday, the Daily Californian reports. UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau told a press conference that the "extraordinarily upsetting" incident was the first shooting incident on campus since the 1980s, when a football player was shot outside a campus pub. "Now we are there, along with Kent State and Virginia Tech," he said.

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At a press conference Tuesday afternoon, UCPD confirmed that an officer shot a man at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business earlier in the day after he brandished a gun “in a threatening manner.” 
  
 According to UCPD Chief Mitch Celaya, officers arrived at the business school at 2:19 p.m. in response to a report that someone in the building had a gun. 
  
 Celaya said at the press conference that after three officers entered a computer lab at the school and approached the suspect, he pulled out the gun and displayed it in a “threatening” way, leading one of the officers to shoot the suspect out of fear for his safety and that of the other officers and students in the lab. 
  
 He added that at one point there were four students between the suspect and the officers. 
  
 There have been no other reported injuries. 
  
 UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said at the press conference that witnesses have reported that they heard the police order the suspect to lower his gun. 
  
 The suspect was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland. He was conscious when he was transported out of the school, according to Celaya. 
  
 Celaya said there is currently nothing to suggest the shooting was related to the day’s Occupy demonstrations. Shortly after the shooting, UCPD Lt. Alex Yao called the shooting an “isolated incident.” 
  
 Celaya could not confirm the suspect’s motivation, identity or student status but said he was described as a 5-foot-8-inch white male in his 20s wearing blue jeans and a blue jacket. He was also unable to say whether the suspect’s gun was loaded at the time of the incident. 
  
 “I cannot tell you how sorry I am that we are having this press conference,” Birgeneau said at the 4 p.m. conference. 
  
 According to Birgeneau, police were alerted after a staff member from the building saw what she thought might be a gun in the suspect’s backpack when they were in an elevator together. 
  
 It is possible that there was a camera present in the room during the shooting, though it is unclear whether it was functioning, according to Celaya. 
  
 Birgeneau said the last shooting on campus he could remember occurred in the 1980s. 
  
 “Now we are there, along with Kent State and Virginia Tech,” he said at the conference. 
  
 The school was closed following the incident but was reopened shortly thereafter with the exception of the area where the shooting occurred. 
  
 Jordan Bach-Lombardo and Javier Panzar of The Daily Californian contributed to this report. 
  
 Sarah Burns is the lead crime reporter. ||||| A UC Berkeley police officer shot and wounded a man brandishing a gun in a computer lab at the Haas School of Business on Tuesday. Four students were in the computer lab when the shooting occurred, but no one was hurt. 
  
 The suspect, a white man who appeared to be in his 20s and about 5 feet 8, was taken to Highland Hospital, where he was in surgery Tuesday afternoon. University officials said they did not know if the suspect was a student. The man was conscious when he was taken to the hospital. 
  
 The suspect entered the business school Tuesday afternoon, entering an elevator with a female employee from the school, UC police Chief Mitch Celaya said at a news conference. The man pressed the button for the third floor and the woman for the fifth floor. 
  
 The suspect then looked at the woman, pulled out what appeared to be a gun from a backpack and put it back. After leaving the elevator, the staff member told her boss and both went to the computer lab. They saw the suspect there and called police. 
  
 Police received a 911 call at 2:17 p.m. and three officers responded two minutes later. 
  
 The suspect then "pulled a firearm out of his backpack and displayed it in a threatening manner," Celaya said. He said the officers told the man to drop his weapon. When he didn't, one of the officers fired. Police would not say how many shots were fired. 
  
 When police showed up, the students were in between the officers and the gunman. "It appears our students' lives might have been at risk," Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau said. 
  
 Police would not say whether the suspect's gun was loaded. 
  
 Asked if there was any connection between the incident and the Occupy Cal protest, Celaya said: "We don't know. We're looking into that matter. There is nothing to suggest it is the case." 
  
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 --- Maria L. La Ganga in Berkeley 
  
 Photo: Students and faculty sitting outside the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Credit: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press |||||
– När studenter och demonstranter började samlas vid University of California i Berkeley igår sköt en polis en beväpnad man inne i ett affärsdatorlabb på andra sidan campus. Polisen säger att den misstänkte, som fördes till ett lokalt sjukhus för operation, blev skjuten efter att han "stött ut ett skjutvapen ur sin ryggsäck och visat det på ett hotfullt sätt" i ett labb med fyra studenter närvarande, rapporterar Los Angeles Times. Polisen är inte säker på om mannen är student eller om han är kopplad till Occupy Cal demonstrationerna som drog tusentals demonstranter till campus igår, Daily California rapporterar. UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau berättade en presskonferens att den "extraordinärt upprörande" incidenten var den första skjuthändelsen på campus sedan 1980-talet, då en fotbollsspelare sköts utanför en campuspub. "Nu är vi där, tillsammans med Kent State och Virginia Tech," sade han. Utöka denna sammanfattning.
“When students and protesters began gathering at the University of California in Berkeley yesterday, a police officer shot an armed man inside a business computer lab across the campus. Police say that the suspect, who was taken to a local hospital for surgery, was shot after he "pushed a firearm out of his backpack and showed it in a menacing manner" in a lab with four students present, reports the Los Angeles Times. Police are not sure whether the man is a student or whether he is linked to the Occupy Cal demonstrations that drew thousands of protesters to campus yesterday, Daily California reports. UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau told a press conference that the "extraordinaryly outrageous" incident was the first shooting event on campus since the 1980s, when a footballer was shot outside a campus pub. "Now we're there, along with Kent State and Virginia Tech," he said. Extend this summary.
På en presskonferens tisdag eftermiddag, bekräftade UCPD att en officer sköt en man på UC Berkeley Haas School of Business tidigare på dagen efter att han brännmärkte en pistol "på ett hotfullt sätt." Enligt UCPD chef Mitch Celaya, officerare anlände till handelsskolan på 2:19 som svar på en rapport om att någon i byggnaden hade en pistol. Celaya sade vid presskonferensen att efter att tre officerare kommit in i ett datorlabb på skolan och närmade sig den misstänkte, drog han fram pistolen och visade den på ett “hotfullt” sätt, vilket ledde till att en av de officerare som sköt den misstänkte av rädsla för sin säkerhet och för de andra officerarnas och elevernas i labbet. Han tillade att det vid ett tillfälle fanns fyra elever mellan den misstänkte och officerarna. Det har inte förekommit några andra rapporterade skador. UC Berkeleys kansler Robert Birgeneau sa på presskonferensen att vittnen har rapporterat att de hört polisen beordra den misstänkte att sänka sitt vapen. Den misstänkte fördes till sjukhuset i Oakland. Han var vid medvetande när han transporterades ut ur skolan, enligt Celaya. Celaya sade att det för närvarande inte finns något som tyder på att skottlossningen var relaterad till dagens Occupy demonstrationer. Kort efter skottlossningen kallade UCPD löjtnant Alex Yao skjutningen en "isolerad incident." Celaya kunde inte bekräfta den misstänktes motivation, identitet eller studentstatus men sade att han beskrevs som en 5-fot-8-tums vit man i 20-årsåldern iklädd blå jeans och en blå jacka. Han kunde inte heller säga om den misstänktes pistol laddades vid tidpunkten för händelsen. — Jag kan inte tala om för er hur ledsen jag är över att vi håller denna presskonferens, sade Birgeneau vid 4.00-konferensen. Enligt Birgeneau larmades polisen efter att en anställd från byggnaden sett vad hon trodde kunde vara en pistol i den misstänktes ryggsäck när de befann sig i en hiss tillsammans. Det är möjligt att det fanns en kamera närvarande i rummet under fotograferingen, även om det är oklart om den fungerade, enligt Celaya. Birgeneau sa att den sista skottlossningen på campus han kunde minnas inträffade på 1980-talet. — Nu är vi där, tillsammans med Kent State och Virginia Tech, sade han på konferensen. Skolan stängdes efter incidenten men återinvigdes kort därefter med undantag för det område där beskjutningen skedde. Jordan Bach-Lombardo och Javier Panzar från The Daily Californian bidrog till denna rapport. Sarah Burns är den ledande kriminalreporter. En polisman sköt och sårade en man som brände en pistol i ett datalabb på Haas School of Business på tisdag. Fyra elever var i datalabbet när skottlossningen inträffade, men ingen skadades. Den misstänkte, en vit man som verkade vara i 20-årsåldern och omkring 5 fot 8, fördes till Highland Hospital, där han opererades tisdag eftermiddag. Universitetstjänstemännen sa att de inte visste om den misstänkte var student. Mannen var vid medvetande när han fördes till sjukhuset. Den misstänkte gick in i handelsskolan på tisdag eftermiddag, och gick in i en hiss med en kvinnlig anställd från skolan, UC-polischef Mitch Celaya sade på en nyhetskonferens. Mannen tryckte på knappen för tredje våningen och kvinnan för femte våningen. Den misstänkte tittade sedan på kvinnan, drog fram vad som verkade vara en pistol från en ryggsäck och lade tillbaka den. Efter att ha lämnat hissen berättade personalen för sin chef och båda gick till datorlabbet. De såg den misstänkte där och ringde polisen. Polisen fick ett larmsamtal kl. 14.17 och tre poliser svarade två minuter senare. Den misstänkte "stötte sedan ut ett skjutvapen ur sin ryggsäck och visade upp det på ett hotfullt sätt", sade Celaya. Han sa att officerarna sa åt honom att släppa vapnet. När han inte gjorde det sköt en av poliserna. Polisen skulle inte säga hur många skott som avlossades. När polisen dök upp befann sig eleverna mellan officerarna och revolvermannen. "Det verkar som om våra elevers liv kan ha varit i fara", sa förbundskansler Robert J. Birgeneau. Polisen skulle inte säga om den misstänktes pistol var laddad. Frågade om det fanns något samband mellan händelsen och Occupy Cal-protesten sade Celaya: "Vi vet inte. Vi undersöker den saken. Det finns inget som tyder på att så är fallet." OCKSÅ: Torr, kall vinter förutspådd för södra Kalifornien Ellen DeGeneres, andra hjälpa familjen efter deras U-Haul stals Occupy L.A.: 5 åtalad för brott inklusive oanständigt uppförande, batteri --- Maria L. La Ganga i Berkeley Foto: Studenter och fakultet sitter utanför Haas School of Business på UC Berkeley. Kreditera: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press
At a press conference Tuesday afternoon, the UCPD confirmed that an officer shot a man at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business earlier in the day after he branded a gun "in a menacing manner." According to UCPD chief Mitch Celaya, officers arrived at the commercial school at 2:19 in response to a report that someone in the building had a gun. Celaya said at the press conference that after three officers entered a computer lab at the school and approached the suspect, he pulled the gun out and showed it in a “threatening” manner, leading to one of the officers who shot the suspect for fear of his safety and of the other officers and students in the lab. He added that at one point there were four students between the suspect and the officers. There have been no other reported injuries. UC Berkeley chancellor Robert Birgeneau said at the press conference that witnesses have reported hearing police order the suspect to lower his weapon. The suspect was taken to the hospital in Oakland. He was conscious when he was transported out of school, according to Celaya. Celaya said that there is currently no evidence that the shooting was related to today's Occupy demonstrations. Shortly after the shooting, UCPD called Lieutenant Alex Yao the shooting an "isolated incident." Celaya was unable to confirm the suspect's motivation, identity or student status but said he was described as a 5-foot-8-inch white man in his 20s wearing blue jeans and a blue jacket. He was also unable to say whether the suspect's gun was loaded at the time of the incident. “I cannot tell you how sorry I am that we are holding this press conference,” Birgeneau said at the 4.00 conference. According to Birgeneau, police were alerted after an employee from the building saw what she thought could be a gun in the suspect's backpack when they were in an elevator together. It is possible that there was a camera present in the room during the shoot, although it is unclear whether it worked, according to Celaya. Birgeneau said the last shooting on campus he could remember occurred in the 1980s. “Now we’re there, along with Kent State and Virginia Tech, he said at the conference. The school was closed after the incident but reopened shortly thereafter with the exception of the area where the shooting took place. Jordan Bach-Lombardo and Javier Panzar of The Daily Californian contributed to this report. Sarah Burns is the leading crime reporter. A policeman shot and wounded a man who burned a gun in a computer lab at the Haas School of Business on Tuesday. Four students were in the computer lab when the shooting occurred, but no one was injured. The suspect, a white man who appeared to be in his 20s and about 5 feet 8, was taken to Highland Hospital, where he was operated on Tuesday afternoon. University officials said they didn't know if the suspect was a student. The man was conscious when he was taken to the hospital. The suspect entered business school on Tuesday afternoon, entering an elevator with a female employee from school, UC Police Chief Mitch Celaya said at a news conference. The man pressed the button for the third floor and the woman for the fifth floor. The suspect then looked at the woman, pulled out what appeared to be a gun from a backpack and put it back. After leaving the elevator, the staff told their boss and both went to the computer lab. They saw the suspect there and called the police. The police received an emergency call at 2:17 p.m. and three police officers responded two minutes later. The suspect then "blowed a firearm out of his backpack and displayed it in a menacing manner," Celaya said. He said the officers told him to drop the gun. When he didn't shoot one of the cops. The police wouldn't say how many shots were fired. When the police showed up, the students were between the officers and the gunman. "It seems that our students' lives may have been in danger," said Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau. The police wouldn't say if the suspect's gun was loaded. Asked if there was any connection between the incident and the Occupy Cal protest, Celaya said, "We don't know. We'll look into that. There is no indication that this is the case." ALSO: Dry, cold winter predicted for Southern California Ellen DeGeneres, others helping the family after their U-Haul were stolen Occupy L.A.: 5 charged with crimes including obscene conduct, battery --- Maria L. La Ganga in Berkeley Photo: Students and faculty sit outside Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Credit: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press