Security at California Coast Guard base opens fire on U-Haul truck posing ‘direct threat’

Shots were fired at a Coast Guard base in California on Thursday night toward a U-Haul truck approaching the base’s entrance after the driver ignored commands to stop the vehicle, the Coast Guard said.

The U.S. Coast Guard said security personnel standing watch on Coast Guard Island witnessed a U-Haul truck “driving erratically and attempting to back into Coast Guard Base Alameda” at around 10 p.m. Thursday.

Officers at the entrance “discharged several rounds of live fire” after the driver of the U-Haul ignored “multiple verbal commands” to stop and then proceeded to back in toward the base’s entrance, according to the Coast Guard.

“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,” the branch said in a statement.

The Coast Guard confirmed no personnel were injured during the incident.

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