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Updated 04/12/26 ~3:01pm
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home appears to have been the target of a second attack Sunday morning, a mere two days after a 20-year-old man allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at the property, The Standard has learned.
The San Francisco Police Department announced the arrest of two suspects, Amanda Tom, 25, and Muhamad Tarik Hussein, 23, who were booked for negligent discharge.
Neither OpenAI nor the SFPD responded to The Standard’s request for further comment.
According to an initial police report, on Sunday at 1:40 a.m., a Honda sedan with two people inside stopped in front of Altman’s property, which stretches from Chestnut Street to Lombard Street, after having passed it a few minutes before.
The person in the passenger seat then put their hand out the window and appeared to fire a round on the Lombard side of the property, according to a police report on the incident, which cited surveillance footage and the compound’s security personnel, who reported hearing a gunshot.
The car then fled, and a camera captured its license plate, which later led police to take possession of the vehicle, according to the report.
An exterior image of 950 Lombard Street, the Russian Hill property purchased by OpenAI cofounder Sam Altman.
Officers responded to the 2000 block of Taylor Street and detained Tom and Hussein without incident. A search of the residence by officers turned up three firearms, according to police.
The alleged attack could add to heightened fears voiced earlier in the weekend by Altman, who wrote after the Friday Molotov cocktail incident that “The fear and anxiety about AI is justified. We are in the process of witnessing the largest change to society in a long time, and perhaps ever.”
The initial attack on the Altman home happened Friday morning when a 20-year-old Texas man named Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama allegedly targeted the property from the north on Chestnut.
Around 3:40 a.m., Moreno-Gama allegedly threw a bottle containing a flaming rag at the metal gate of a the property at Chestnut St., according to a police report.
Security guards at the property extinguished the fire, and the incident was captured on surveillance cameras. The Standard has obtained the photo and blurred his face until conclusive identification can be made.
Screen shot of surveillance footage outside of Sam Altman’s home.
Shortly afterward, security personnel at OpenAI’s headquarters in Mission Bay made contact with a person matching the suspect’s description, according to the company. The individual made threatening statements about the building and was taken into custody by police.
No injuries were reported in either incident.
Moreno-Gama was booked into San Francisco County Jail Friday afternoon on suspicion of attempted murder, arson, possession or manufacture of an incendiary device, and other charges.
This is a developing story.
About the Author...
Jonah Owen Lamb, a senior reporter at The Standard, has been a journalist for more than a decade and currently covers criminal justice. Jonah has worked as an editor and reporter for a number of newspapers across the West, including the San Francisco Examiner and the San Luis Obispo Tribune. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Miami Herald, the Sacramento Bee and other publications. He was honored with the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California chapter’s 2020 Excellence in Journalism award for his investigative work as well as an Associated Press Managing Editors award for his work on prying public records from reluctant governments. He was most recently a criminal defense investigator.
Updated 04/12/26 ~3:01pm
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home appears to have been the target of a second attack Sunday morning, a mere two days after a 20-year-old man allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at the property, The Standard has learned.
The San Francisco Police Department announced the arrest of two suspects, Amanda Tom, 25, and Muhamad Tarik Hussein, 23, who were booked for negligent discharge.
Neither OpenAI nor the SFPD responded to The Standard’s request for further comment.
According to an initial police report, on Sunday at 1:40 a.m., a Honda sedan with two people inside stopped in front of Altman’s property, which stretches from Chestnut Street to Lombard Street, after having passed it a few minutes before.
The person in the passenger seat then put their hand out the window and appeared to fire a round on the Lombard side of the property, according to a police report on the incident, which cited surveillance footage and the compound’s security personnel, who reported hearing a gunshot.
The car then fled, and a camera captured its license plate, which later led police to take possession of the vehicle, according to the report.
An exterior image of 950 Lombard Street, the Russian Hill property purchased by OpenAI cofounder Sam Altman.
Officers responded to the 2000 block of Taylor Street and detained Tom and Hussein without incident. A search of the residence by officers turned up three firearms, according to police.
The alleged attack could add to heightened fears voiced earlier in the weekend by Altman, who wrote after the Friday Molotov cocktail incident that “The fear and anxiety about AI is justified. We are in the process of witnessing the largest change to society in a long time, and perhaps ever.”
The initial attack on the Altman home happened Friday morning when a 20-year-old Texas man named Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama allegedly targeted the property from the north on Chestnut.
Around 3:40 a.m., Moreno-Gama allegedly threw a bottle containing a flaming rag at the metal gate of a the property at Chestnut St., according to a police report.
Security guards at the property extinguished the fire, and the incident was captured on surveillance cameras. The Standard has obtained the photo and blurred his face until conclusive identification can be made.
Screen shot of surveillance footage outside of Sam Altman’s home.
Shortly afterward, security personnel at OpenAI’s headquarters in Mission Bay made contact with a person matching the suspect’s description, according to the company. The individual made threatening statements about the building and was taken into custody by police.
No injuries were reported in either incident.
Moreno-Gama was booked into San Francisco County Jail Friday afternoon on suspicion of attempted murder, arson, possession or manufacture of an incendiary device, and other charges.
This is a developing story.
About the Author...
Jonah Owen Lamb
Jonah Owen Lamb, a senior reporter at The Standard, has been a journalist for more than a decade and currently covers criminal justice. Jonah has worked as an editor and reporter for a number of newspapers across the West, including the San Francisco Examiner and the San Luis Obispo Tribune. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Miami Herald, the Sacramento Bee and other publications. He was honored with the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California chapter’s 2020 Excellence in Journalism award for his investigative work as well as an Associated Press Managing Editors award for his work on prying public records from reluctant governments. He was most recently a criminal defense investigator.
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