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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.

Dramatic video shows the box truck with its headlights on reversing toward security personnel stationed around a vehicle outside Coast Guard Base Alameda at around 10 p.m. Moments later, flashes of gunfire erupt as officers shouted orders from a barricade. The U-Haul driver then hit the gas and accelerated forward.

The U.S. Coast Guard said security personnel standing watch on Coast Guard Island had witnessed the U-Haul truck "driving erratically and attempting to back into the base."

Officers at the entrance then "discharg

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