OAKLAND, Calif. - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 26-year-old with assaulting federal officers after allegedly reversing a U-Haul truck toward them outside Coast Guard Island , forcing officers to open fire.

Confrontation on the bridge

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The confrontation happened around 10 p.m. on Oct. 23 at the entrance to Coast Guard Island, the same location where a daylong protest against a federal immigration surge — later called-off — had taken place hours earlier.

Prosecutors said Brendan Munro Thompson, also known as Bella Castillo, drove a 10-foot U-Haul onto part of the bridge leading to Coast Guard Island. Several U.S. Coast Guard officers were positioned across the bridge.

Thompson allegedly backed the truck toward the officers, stopping and starting several times

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