Arrest made after Berkeley shooting leaves man critically injured

Berkeley police are investigating a shooting that left two people critically injured Wednesday morning, the second violent incident in the city in less than 24 hours. Berkeley police are investigating a shooting that left two people critically injured Wednesday morning, the second violent incident in the city in less than 24 hours. Photo: CBS San Francisco Photo: CBS San Francisco Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Arrest made after Berkeley shooting leaves man critically injured 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

Berkeley police have arrested a person in connection with a Tuesday shooting that left a 28-year-old man critically injured, authorities said.

The suspect in Tuesday’s shooting, whose name was withheld, surrendered at Berkeley Police Station around 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, said Sgt. Andrew Frankel, a police spokesman.

A man was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland with at least one life-threatening wound after he was found shot at around 11:30 a.m. near Delaware Street and San Pablo Avenue.

A shelter-in-place order was issued for the surrounding neighborhood as heavily armed officers searched for the assailant. Officer Byron White, a police spokesman, said Tuesday’s shooting was a targeted attack.

“We don’t believe this was a random act,” White said. “We think it stems from some type of altercation.”

The arrest comes after a man and a woman suffered critical injuries when they were shot in south Berkeley Wednesday morning, less than 14 hours after the first incident, authorities said.

Around 1 a.m., officers responded to reports of gunshots near the corner of Tremont and Prince streets near the Ashby BART Station, Frankel said.

Two victims, a man and a woman, were both found suffering from gunshot wounds near a white sedan and taken to nearby hospitals with life-threatening injuries, Frankel said.

No arrests were made and no description of the suspect or suspects was immediately available, Frankel said, though investigators believe the victims were also targeted.

Neither victim was identified.

Frankel said it was too early in the investigation of Wednesday’s shooting to know if the two incidents were related.

Kale Williams is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: kwilliams@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @sfkale