Multiple security personnel opened fire Thursday night at a U-Haul truck that had been backing up to the entrance to Coast Guard Island, where protesters had spent the day rallying against the planned arrival of federal immigration agents.
It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured in the shooting, which happened at about 10 p.m. and was captured by camera crews for television station KTVU.
In the footage, a U-Haul can be seen backing up to the entrance to a bridge leading to the isle, where several armed security personnel had their guns drawn and appeared to be yelling orders at the vehicle’s driver. Several personnel can then be seen firing their weapons dozens of times — at which point, the U-Haul speeds out of the camera’s view.
The vehicle believed to be involved in the incident was later recovered in Alameda, authorities confirmed to this news organization.
A spokesperson for the Coast Guard said late Thursday that they are investigating the situation, and declined to comment further. A follow-up message to the military branch was not immediately returned.
The East Oakland entrance to the military installation — which marks the only way on or off of the island by car or truck — became the site of protests Thursday when federal agents arrived in the Bay Area as part of the next phase of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Earlier in the day, a squad of agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection forced their way through a crowd of protesters around dawn at the isle’s entrance, firing a chemical agent toward at least one protester in the process and pushing people out of the way with their vehicles.
The agents’ arrival and the protests began just hours before Trump announced that he was calling off a planned “surge” for Saturday in San Francisco, which had previously been reported to involve more than 100 federal personnel. It remains unclear whether federal officials still plan to target other areas of the region in the coming days.
This is a developing report. Check back for updates.
