3 teenagers shot on Parker Street in Berkeley, 2 seriously injured

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- Police are investigating a shooting that left three people injured on the 1100 block of Parker Street near San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley.

It happened Tuesday night around 7:35 p.m.

Witnesses say they noticed a group of unfamiliar young men gathered around a car parked on Parker Street. A neighbor says he heard 4 shots and saw two men running away.

All three victims are males between the ages of 16-19 and they were shot in the car while parked. The 16 and 18 year old were critically injured with head wounds. One of them was reportedly shot in the eye.

The third victim, who is 19 years old, suffered non-life threatening injures when he was shot in the arm.

Police say triple shootings are rare and shootings are not very common in that part of Berkeley.