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Coast Guard Fires Rubber Bullets at Car Outside Base After Prior Checkpoint Shooting

The back-to-back confrontations unfolded during protests over planned federal immigration actions.

Overview

  • Officials said non-lethal rounds were used Friday to deter a car moving toward a barricade near the Base Alameda gate, and the vehicle left without further incident.
  • The response came a day after security personnel opened fire on a U-Haul that reversed toward them at the Coast Guard Island checkpoint during protests, prompting a brief lockdown.
  • DHS said the U-Haul driver was shot in the stomach and a bystander was hit by a fragment and released, while KTVU later reported the driver was struck by shrapnel and the bystander was the person shot and still hospitalized.
  • After treatment, the driver was arrested; DHS said the FBI is not leading the case, but KTVU reported the driver was taken into FBI custody following hospital discharge.
  • The base reopened early Friday as inquiries proceed into both incidents tied to demonstrations over federal immigration operations and a proposed troop deployment.