The incident happened Aug. 29 in Berkeley’s Strawberry Creek Park neighborhood, authorities said.
BERKELEY — A 41-year-old Bay Point woman is suspected of approaching a 5-year-old boy, then pointing a gun at his mother’s head and firing it into the air after the mom confronted her, police said.
The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office charged the woman with making criminal threats, unlawfully discharging a firearm in a negligent manner, and child abuse for willfully causing a child to suffer, according to court documents. She also faces a criminal enhancement for using a gun while committing a felony.
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