U-Haul driver shot during protests at Coast Guard Island out on bail

OAKLAND The woman accused of driving a U-Haul truck into live gunfire at Alameda s Coast Guard Island during immigration protests in October is out on bail according to multiple media reports Bella Thompson charged by federal prosecutors with one count of assault on a federal officer stepped out of Santa Rita Jail Friday morning NBC Bay Area broadcasted Also known as Bella Castillo she first appeared in an Oakland courtroom earlier this month She faces up to years in prison if convicted A society defender declared at a new hearing that the event at the center of the affair has been borne out of an acute mental soundness issue During the Oct matter Thompson and another bystander suffered gunshot wounds in what appeared to be the peak of a heated day of protests in response to threats by President Donald Trump to send a swarm of federal agents for an immigration crackdown in the Bay Area But the agents never came reportedly following discussions Trump had with several of the region s officers and tech executives