Shots Fired at Sam Altman’s Home Days After Firebomb Attack, Two Arrested

With input from New York Post, the Verge, Business Insider, ABC News, the New York Times, the Daily Beast, and CNBC.

Things escalated fast outside OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s San Francisco mansion this weekend.

Early Sunday morning, a car rolled up near the $27 million Russian Hill property. Moments later, a shot rang out from the passenger side window. A security guard heard it. The car sped off.

That could’ve been the end of it – but surveillance cameras caught the license plate.

Police tracked it down to a nearby residence, where they arrested two suspects: 25-year-old Amanda Tom and 23-year-old Muhamad Tarik Hussein. Officers say the vehicle used in the shooting belongs to Tom. Inside the home, they found three firearms.

No one was injured.

Police Chief Derrick Lew didn’t mince words, saying the department treats gun-related crimes with the highest level of urgency and will push for full prosecution.

Altman hasn’t commented publicly on the shooting. Neither has OpenAI.

The incident comes just two days after a much more dramatic attack on the same property.

On Friday, authorities say 20-year-old Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama hurled a Molotov cocktail at the home’s front gate around 4 a.m., sparking a fire. He fled on foot – but not for long. About an hour later, police responded to a man threatening to burn down OpenAI’s headquarters. Officers quickly realized it was the same suspect.

He was arrested on the spot.

Moreno-Gama now faces a stack of serious charges, including attempted murder and arson. Investigators say he had also been posting online about fears that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity. He’d been active in online spaces critical of AI development, though one such group said he had no real involvement and condemned the attack outright.

Despite the chaos, no injuries were reported in either incident.

Altman did break his silence after Friday’s firebombing – but in a personal way. In a blog post, he shared a photo of his husband, Oliver Mulherin, and their child. The message was simple: maybe seeing the people behind the headlines would make someone think twice before acting.

He also addressed the bigger picture. The debate around AI is intense, he said, and not without reason. But the tone? That needs to come down.

Fewer threats. Fewer explosions. Literally and figuratively.

Meanwhile, investigators are still trying to figure out what’s driving these attacks. Whether it’s ideology, personal grievance, or something else entirely isn’t clear yet.