"The alleged assault happened on Oct. 23 just before 10 p.m. on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, according to a complaint filed Thursday by FBI Special Agent Mikael Bergh. The Coast Guard officers were stationed near the bridge leading into the island as a few dozen people protested recent threats of an immigration enforcement raid in San Francisco, Bergh said."
"Prosecutors allege that the U-Haul driver stopped and started several times and eventually reversed the truck toward a group of officers while accelerating "rapidly." Officers shouted at the driver to stop, but the driver allegedly continued to accelerate toward the group, Bergh said. According to the complaint, the officers "feared for their lives" and some even "feared the possibility that the truck was a vehicle borne Improvised Explosive Device," prompting officers to shoot at the truck."
The alleged assault occurred Oct. 23 just before 10 p.m. on Coast Guard Island in Alameda. Coast Guard officers were stationed near the bridge into the island as a few dozen people protested threats of an immigration enforcement raid. Prosecutors allege the 26-year-old U-Haul driver stopped and started several times, then reversed the truck toward a group of officers while accelerating rapidly. Officers shouted at the driver, reported fearing for their lives and the possibility the truck was a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, and fired at the vehicle. The driver briefly stopped, then left the scene and was later taken to Highland Hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The driver is charged with one count of assault on federal officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon and faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine; a court date is set for Nov. 10.
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