On 12th April, two people identified as Amanda Tom and Muhamad Tarik Hussein were arrested for firing a gun at the residence of Open AI CEO Sam Altman in San Fransico. The attack came just two days after a Molotov cocktail was hurled at the same place.
The San Francisco Police Department said that suspects Amanda Tom (25) and Muhamad Tarik Hussein (23) have been booked for negligent discharge. The arrested suspects have been shifted to the San Francisco County Jail.
In a statement, the San Francisco Police said, “On April 12, 2026, at approximately 2:56 a.m., San Francisco Police officers responded to Russian Hill regarding a suspicious occurrence of possible shots fired. Through the course of the investigation, officers learned that a vehicle with two occupants drove past a residence around the time of the possible shooting. Investigators assigned to the Special Investigation Division (SID) took over the investigation and determined the vehicle belonged to 25-year-old Amanda Tom of San Francisco.”
“Officers responded to the 2000 block of Taylor Street and detained Tom and 23-year-old Muhamad Tarik Hussein without incident. A search warrant for the residence was conducted, and officers located and seized three firearms,” it added.
This is a second attack on Sam Altman’s San Francisco residence. On Friday, the local police arrested a 20-year-old man for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Open AI CEO’s residence. The suspect escaped the spot before the police arrived, however, after around an hour, he arrived at an Open AI office. He threatened to “burn down the building”. The police swung into action and arrested him.
