1 killed, 1 injured in Berkeley shooting tied to pot robbery

Photo: Google Maps A man was killed and a woman was wounded in a shooting Monday night...

A man was killed and a woman was wounded in a shooting during an apparent medical marijuana robbery in Berkeley, police said.

The shooting was reported in a parking lot near the 99 Cents Only store at 1941 San Pablo Ave. near University Avenue about 9:45 p.m. Monday.

Officers on the scene reported that two people had been shot near a car, including one who was struck in the face. The weapon used was a shotgun, and the assailant fled in a car with several other people inside, police said.

A man died at the scene, and a woman was taken to a hospital where her condition was not known, said Officer Jennifer Coats, a Berkeley police spokeswoman. The names of the victims weren’t released.

Coats did not discuss a motive, saying only that the shooting did not appear to be random.

But responding officers told dispatchers that the shooting was the result of a robbery involving medical marijuana.

No arrests have been made in the third homicide investigated by Berkeley police this year. A fourth homicide, in the parking lot of the Sea Breeze Market near the Berkeley Marina, is under investigation by East Bay Regional Park District police.

Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: hlee@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @henryklee