Law enforcement shoot into truck at Oakland immigration protest

Regulation enforcement officers stationed on the entrance to Coast Guard Island opened fireplace on a car in Oakland final night time after they stated it was attempting to return to the bridge connecting the bottom to the mainland.

“Coast Guard safety personnel on obligation at Coast Guard Island noticed a car driving erratically and tried to return to Coast Guard Base Alameda,” the Coast Guard stated in a press release on social media. “Coast Guard personnel issued a number of verbal instructions to cease the car, the driving force did not comply and positioned the car in reverse. When the car’s actions posed a direct risk to the security of Coast Guard and safety personnel, legislation enforcement officers fired a number of rounds of reside ammunition.”

Videos of the shootingwhich occurred round 10 p.m. confirmed a U-Haul rental van backing up towards a number of legislation enforcement officers, who then opened fireplace on the truck with assault rifles. After a number of gunshots, the car speeds away from the officers. The police then shout: “Is anybody damage? Was anybody hit?” Protesters seem to shout again that “somebody has been shot.”

The Coast Guard stated none of its personnel have been injured and stated the FBI is now investigating the incident. The East Bay Instances reported that two folks have been injured and brought to a neighborhood hospital.

The Coast Guard and OPD didn’t instantly reply to questions from The Oaklandside concerning the incident.

The FBI’s San Francisco workplace confirmed this morning that they’re investigating the taking pictures. “Right now, the incident seems to be remoted and there’s no identified risk to the general public at the moment. As a result of that is an ongoing investigation, no further particulars can be found for launch at the moment,” the FBI stated in a press release.

Protesters arrived on the entrance to Coast Guard Island — a single bridge on the Oakland waterfront — at 5 a.m. on Oct. 23 and rallied in opposition to the Trump administration’s deliberate “surge” operation to ship Customs and Border Safety brokers to San Francisco and probably different cities.

Nevertheless, at 10 a.m., Trump introduced he would pause the operation, following calls with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and a number of other tech trade CEOs.

It was unclear whether or not Trump’s announcement concerning the pause within the surge operation utilized exterior San Francisco, however a whole lot of protesters remained on the entrance to the Coast Guard Island bridge all through the day and into the night.