Two people were arrested Sunday for allegedly firing a gun near OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home in San Francisco, according to a report from the San Francisco Standard. The arrests came just a day after a 20-year-old man was arrested for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Altman’s house and then driving to OpenAI’s headquarters to attack the building. Federal charges were filed against the 20-year-old on Monday.
“On April 12, 2026, at approximately 2:56 a.m., San Francisco Police officers responded to Russian Hill regarding a suspicious event of possible shots fired,” a statement from the San Francisco Police Department said. read.
“Throughout the investigation, officers learned that a vehicle with two occupants drove by a residence around the time of the possible shooting. Investigators assigned to the Special Investigation Division (SID) took over the investigation and determined that the vehicle belonged to 25-year-old Amanda Tom of San Francisco,” the statement continued.
According to police, Tom and Muhamad Tarik Hussein, 23, were arrested without incident and three firearms were confiscated.
The police statement did not go into details and the SFPD did not respond to questions Monday, but the San Francisco Standard reports that a “person in the passenger seat reached out the window and appeared to fire a bullet,” near Altman’s property. The information reportedly came from surveillance footage and Altman’s security team.
Altman’s house was first attack on friday when 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama of Texas allegedly threw an incendiary device before heading to OpenAI’s headquarters and hit the glass doors with a chair. He criminal complaint filed in federal court on Monday says he wanted to “burn it down and kill anyone inside,” although that doesn’t appear to be a direct quote and was summarized by OpenAI security.
The complaint states that authorities removed “incendiary devices, a kerosene jug, a blue lighter and a document” from Moreno Gama’s possession. The document is identified as a “three-part series” written by Moreno-Gama that allegedly says he killed or attempted to kill “Victim 1,” presumably Altman.
Moreno-Gama apparently wrote against AI and multiple AI company executives, although Gizmodo has not been able to independently verify the contents of the document. He allegedly had a list of board members and CEOs of AI companies, as well as investors.
“Furthermore, if I am going to advocate for others to kill and commit crimes, then I must lead by example and demonstrate that I am completely sincere in my message,” Moreno-Gama allegedly wrote. Another part of the document supposedly included the line “A few more words on the matter of our impending extinction.”
Another part of the document addressed to Victim 1 supposedly includes the line “If by some miracle you live, then I would take it as a divine sign to redeem you…”
Some people concerned about the potential dangers of AI have distanced themselves from the violence of recent days, often placing hypothetical fears in what they believe is an important context.
“I maintain that violence is *never* acceptable. It is immoral. But others will naturally think, ‘I’m in imminent danger of death and the CEOs aren’t going to stop, so what choice do I have?'” wrote Dr. Emile P. Torres, author of the Realtime Techpocalypse newsletter.
OpenAI did not respond to emailed questions on Monday. Gizmodo will update this article if we receive a response.
