BERKELEY—A 34-year-old Berkeley road rager, Derrick Johnson, rear-ended a couple in his black 2019 Nissan Rogue Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) on Thursday, August 21, 2025, at 4 p.m. at a red-light stop at the intersection of San Pablo Avenue and Ashby Avenue.

In order to exchange car insurance information, they had to follow him down several side streets. Finally, he stopped at Channing Way east of San Pablo Avenue and came out of his SVU. Johnson escalated things when he lifted his shirt where he had tucked his handgun in his waistband. Then he drove off, according to Berkeley Police Department.

Law enforcement was able to track him down via his license plate. They found him at his home on 1200 Masonic Avenue in northwest Berkeley, which is in close proximity to the Albany border and fou

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