Two people arrested after a shooting investigation near OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s San Francisco home have been released from jail as prosecutors continue to review the case, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.
In a statement, the DA’s office said San Francisco police had probable cause to make the arrests, but that additional investigation is needed before prosecutors can decide whether charges are warranted.
“To make appropriate charging decisions for criminal prosecution, further investigation is required,” prosecutors said. “Once the investigation is complete, all of the evidence gathered will be assessed, and if we believe that charges are appropriate under our higher burden of proof, we will file charges accordingly.”
The development marks the latest turn in a high-profile case that began early Sunday near Altman’s Russian Hill residence, where police responded just before 3 a.m. to a report of a possible shooting.
Police later said investigators determined that a driver and passenger had traveled past a home around the time of the gunfire.
Authorities have not publicly said whether Altman or his home was the intended target.
Amanda Tom, 25, and Muhamad Tarik Hussein, 23, were arrested after investigators identified a Honda sedan believed to be linked to the incident. The two were booked on suspicion of negligent discharge of a firearm, according to police.
Authorities also said officers later served a search warrant at a home and seized three guns.
“The SFPD takes crimes involving guns extremely seriously and anyone committing acts like these will be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Police Chief Derrick Lew said in an earlier statement.
In that earlier case, federal and local prosecutors charged Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama, 20, on Monday in connection with what authorities said was an incendiary-device attack at Altman’s Russian Hill residence and later threats against OpenAI’s headquarters in Mission Bay.
At a Monday news conference, city officials said the Sunday shooting investigation appeared to be unrelated to the Friday firebombing case. Lew said authorities had no evidence at that point linking the two incidents, though both remained active investigations.
Altman addressed the earlier attack in a blog post Friday, writing that “words have power” at a time of growing public anxiety over artificial intelligence.
“While we have that debate, we should de-escalate the rhetoric and tactics and try to have fewer explosions in fewer homes, figuratively and literally,” he added.