Personnel with the United States Coast Guard opened fire Thursday night on a U-Haul truck after the driver of the vehicle refused to comply with commands to halt at the entrance of a base located in California, the agency reported.A video of the incident shows the truck, with headlights blazing, reversing toward security officers stationed around a vehicle outside Coast Guard Base Alameda at 10 p.m.
A few moments later, guards fired at the truck as they shouted commands from a barricade. The driver put the vehicle in drive, stepped on the gas, and accelerated forward.
The guards said they saw the truck “driving erratically and attempting to back into the base.”
Officers guarding the entrance then “discharged several rounds of live fire” after the driver ignored “multiple verbal commands” to stop and started backing in toward the base entrance.
“When the vehicle’s actions posed a direct threat to the safety of Coast Guard and security personnel, law enforcement officers discharged several rounds of live fire,” the agency went on to say in a statement.
At approximately 0430 local time, a Uhaul truck attempted to breach the main gate at the Alameda, California US Coast Guard installation (opposite side of the bay from San Fransisco) and security guards (haven't seen which agency reported) opened fire on the driver.
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