""Coast Guard personnel issued multiple verbal commands to stop the vehicle, the driver failed to comply and proceeded to put the vehicle in reverse," the Coast Guard said in a statement. "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 Coast Guard said none of its personnel were injured during the incident. The FBI is leading an investigation into the shooting, and agents were on the scene early Friday, with a block cordoned off in each direction surrounding the intersection near the bridge at Embarcadero and Dennison Street."
""At the request of the U.S. Coast Guard, the FBI is investigating a shooting incident that occurred around 10 p.m. last night on Coast Guard Island in Alameda," spokesperson Cameron Polan told KQED. "At this time, the incident appears to be isolated, and there is no known current threat to the public." A group of about a dozen protesters were allowed back to the intersection after agents departed around 9 a.m. KQED's Beth LaBerge contributed to this report."
Coast Guard personnel issued multiple verbal commands to stop a vehicle that did not comply and put the vehicle in reverse, prompting law enforcement officers to discharge several rounds of live ammunition when the vehicle posed a direct threat. No Coast Guard personnel were injured during the incident. The FBI is leading the investigation and agents secured the area around the intersection near the Embarcadero and Dennison Street bridge. A spokesperson characterized the incident as appearing isolated with no known current threat to the public. About a dozen protesters returned to the intersection after agents departed around 9 a.m.
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