Man Shot by Security After Crashing Through Calaveras Power Plant Gate

A 61-year-old man identified in county records as Sergio Chapa Jr. was arrested after driving a 2007 Infiniti G35 through the front gate of the Calaveras Power Plant in southeast Bexar County Thursday; plant security fired on the vehicle, striking him in the leg/lower body, and he was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and later booked on aggravated assault against a security officer and criminal trespass with bond set at $170,000. Accounts differ on the number of shots fired, but CPS Energy said the plant is secure and that it is cooperating with law enforcement. The sheriff’s office said the driver was unauthorized to enter the facility, had an outstanding warrant, and investigators are working to determine his motive. Separately, U.S. Coast Guard security at Coast Guard Island in Alameda opened fire Thursday night after a vehicle drove erratically, failed to stop after verbal commands and attempted to ram a base gate; officials said live rounds were discharged when the vehicle posed a direct threat, the FBI is leading that investigation, and it remains unclear whether the driver was injured or arrested.