Law enforcement officers stationed at the entrance to Coast Guard Island opened fire on a vehicle last night in Oakland after they said it attempted to back onto the bridge connecting the base to the mainland.

“Coast Guard security personnel standing watch on Coast Guard Island observed a vehicle driving erratically and attempting to back into Coast Guard Base Alameda,” the Coast Guard said in a statement posted to social media. “Coast Guard personnel issued multiple verbal commands to stop the vehicle, the driver failed to comply and proceeded to put the vehicle in reverse. 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.”

ALAMEDA, Calif. — At approximately 10:00 p.m. (PDT) on Thursday, Coast Guard security personnel standing watch on Coast Guard Island observed a vehicle driving erratically and attempting to back into Coast Guard Base Alameda. 
⁰Coast Guard personnel issued multiple verbal…

— U.S. Coast Guard (@USCG) October 24, 2025

Videos of the shooting, which happened at around 10 p.m., showed a U-Haul rental van accelerating backward toward several law enforcement officers who then opened fire on the truck with rifles. After multiple gunshots the vehicle speeds away from the officers. The police then shout: “is anyone injured? Is anyone hit?” Protesters appear to shout back that “someone’s been shot.”

TikTok user @amoriyaperez’s video of the incident.

The Coast Guard said none of its personnel were injured and said the FBI is now investigating the incident. The East Bay Times reported that two people sustained injuries and were taken to a local hospital.

The Coast Guard, FBI, and OPD did not immediately respond to questions from The Oaklandside about the incident.

Protesters started arriving at the entrance to Coast Guard Island — a single bridge on Oakland’s waterfront — at 5 a.m. on Oct. 23, rallying against the Trump administration’s planned “surge” operation to send Customs and Border Protection agents into San Francisco and possible other cities.

However, by 10 a.m. Trump announced he was pausing the operation, following phone calls with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and several tech industry CEOs.

Unclear whether Trump’s announcement about the surge operation pause applied beyond San Francisco, hundreds of protesters remained throughout the day and late into the evening at the Coast Guard Island bridge entrance.

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