{"id":33431,"date":"2026-04-19T20:26:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/33431\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T20:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:26:50","slug":"fbi-raids-home-connected-to-suspect-in-sam-altman-molotov-cocktail-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/33431\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI raids home connected to suspect in Sam Altman Molotov cocktail attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cveh16kt0ggmx2bu.jpg\" alt=\"New details in multiple cases reportedly targeting OpenAI CEO\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">SPRING, Tex. &#8211; The FBI on Monday raided a home in Spring, Texas connected to the suspect accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/sam-altman-open-ai-molotov-cocktail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman\u2019s house<\/a> in San Francisco.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Video of the scene showed a large law enforcement presence in a residential neighborhood on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">According to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/fbi-raids-texas-home-suspect-accused-throwing-molotov-cocktail-sam-altmans-san-francisco-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> FOX News,<\/a> the home is connected to 20-year-old Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama.<\/p>\n<p>  Arson attack at Sam Altman&#8217;s San Francisco home <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">San Francisco police began investigating an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/sam-altman-open-ai-molotov-cocktail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">arson attack<\/a> involving a Molotov cocktail at Altman&#8217;s home on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">San Francisco police and firefighters were called to the residence between Jones and Leavenworth streets just before 4 a.m. Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Investigators say the fire occurred at an exterior gate and had been extinguishged by bystanders by the time officers arrived. Police recovered evidence of an incendiary device at the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">It remains unclear if Altman was home at the time of the incident, and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;We deeply appreciate how quickly SFPD responded and the support from the city in helping keep our employees safe,&#8221; OpenAI said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Following the incident at Altman\u2019s home, police say Moreno-Gama fled the scene on foot.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/566p9ic1ey2qfudd.jpg\" alt=\"Boycott movement against ChatGPT grows amid OpenAI's Pentagon deal\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   Threats to OpenAI headquarters <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">After the suspect allegedly threw the Molotov cocktail at the home and fled, officers responded a short while later to a business on the 1400 block of 3rd Street, the site of OpenAI\u2019s Mission Bay headquarters, following reports of a suspect threatening to burn the building down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Police identified Moreno-Gama as the same individual involved in the earlier arson attempt and took him into custody.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">United States Attorney Craig H. Missakian added that, when Moreno-Gama arrived at the location, he allegedly tried to break a glass window with a chair and claimed he had &#8220;come to burn down the location and kill everyone inside.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Investigations Bureau Deputy Chief Luke Marin said Moreno-Gama was found at the scene with &#8220;additional incendiary devices, flammable liquid and a lighter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Sources close to the investigation told Fox News that Moreno-Gama was driven by his anti-AI views and was also carrying a manifesto when he was arrested in San Francisco.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The document, described as a &#8220;three-part series,&#8221; includes a list of other AI executives and investors along with their names and addresses, sources said.<\/p>\n<p> Man facing numerous charges <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins on Monday said Moreno-Gama is facing numerous state charges, including two counts of attempted murder, two counts of attempted arson, and several related to the alleged creation and use of incendiary devices.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">On the federal level, Missakian said Moreno-Gama is facing charges of possessing an unregistered firearm and destruction of property with an explosive device.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Missakian added that, if investigators discover any indication that Moreno-Gama&#8217;s actions were taken to affect policy change, then the case will be treated as an act of domestic terrorism.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Jenkins said Moreno-Gama is facing 19 years to life in prison if found guilty on the state charges alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this article comes from FOX News, prior KTVU reporting and San Francisco police.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/san-francisco\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPRING, Tex. &#8211; The FBI on Monday raided a home in Spring, Texas connected to the suspect accused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[8537,50,581,1003,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-33431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sam-altman","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-sam-altman","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116433259283672922","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}