A truck driver was shot and wounded by law enforcement after attempting to ram a U-Haul vehicle into the U.S. Coast Guard Base Alameda in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday night.
The incident occurred at the site of earlier protests against federal immigration agents and hours after President Donald Trump canceled a planned deployment of federal agents to San Francisco.
Authorities described the driver's actions as an attempt to weaponize the vehicle, leading to defensive gunfire.
No Coast Guard personnel were injured, though a bystander was struck by a fragment and treated at a hospital before being released.
The episode unfolded around 10 p.m. when Coast Guard personnel issued multiple verbal commands to stop the U-Haul truck as it backed toward the base entrance.
The driver failed to comply and suddenly accelerated in reverse at high speed directly toward the officers, posing an immediate threat to their safety.
Law enforcement then discharged several rounds of live fire, striking the driver in the stomach.
He is expected to survive and is currently being held for a mental health evaluation.
Video footage from the scene captured the truck's attempt to breach the perimeter.
The FBI has launched an investigation into the matter.
"At this time, the incident appears to be isolated, and there is no known current threat to the public," FBI spokesperson Cameron Polan said in a statement.
A protester on site described the driver as a lone actor unknown to demonstrators, emphasizing that the group had dispersed peacefully earlier.
"U-Haul is assisting law enforcement to meet any investigative needs they have," company spokesperson Jeff Lockridge said.
The base had hosted protests earlier Thursday, with several hundred demonstrators gathering on Coast Guard Island.
Many sang hymns and held signs reading “Protect our neighbors” and “No ICE or troops in the Bay,” protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and potential National Guard involvement.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents had arrived at the facility that morning amid preparations for heightened immigration enforcement.
President Trump had threatened to send federal agents to San Francisco to address crime but reversed course after discussions with Mayor Daniel Lurie and prominent business leaders.
They assured him that local efforts were effectively reducing crime rates in the city.
This decision contrasted with Trump's moves to deploy troops in other Democratic-led cities, where legal challenges persisted in courts across Washington, D.C., West Virginia, and Portland, Oregon.
Coast Guard Island, a 67-acre man-made site formed in 1913 in the Oakland Estuary, serves as a restricted federal installation housing Base Alameda since 2012.
It supports various Coast Guard operations along the West Coast.