Chilling security camera footage shows the movements of the alleged Molotov cocktail bomber who tried to torch Sam Altman’s San Francisco mega-mansion hours before the crazed attack.
Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, checked into a San Francisco hotel on April 6 and allegedly lay in wait for four days before tossing the incendiary device at the OpenAI CEO’s Russian Hill property early Friday morning, hotel staffers told the San Francisco Standard.
He was filmed pacing the halls late Thursday night, fidgeting and running his hands through his hair, according to surveillance footage obtained by the outlet.
Footage shows Daniel Moreno-Gama checking into a San Francisco hotel on April 6.
Daniel Moreno-Gama wearing a black hoodie and backpack hours before the April 10 attack.
Another security camera image of Moreno-Gama, who allegedly traveled from his Texas home for the “premeditated” attack.
Hours later, Moreno-Gama emerged from his room dressed in black and carrying a backpack.
Housekeepers later found a 9mm handgun in the young man’s room, the Standard reported.
He then allegedly travelled to Altman’s home and tossed a Molotov cocktail at the property before moving to OpenAI’s Mission Bay headquarters and trying to burn the building down.
Prosecutors say the accused firebug had travelled from his home in Texas for the “willful, deliberate and premeditated” attack.
He faces charges of attempted murder of Altman and a security guard, along with multiple arson and explosives-related offenses. No one was injured in the attack, which set an exterior gate on fire.
Cops found him with incendiary devices, a jug of kerosene, and a three-part manifesto urging readers to track down and kill AI CEOs, law enforcement sources told Fox News.
Moreno-Gama pacing the hallway of his hotel on Thursday, April 9.
Prosecutors say Moreno-Gama fled on foot after the attack at Altman’s house and then tried to burn down the OpenAI offices.
A view of the attacker at Sam Altman’s property. The attack set an exterior gate on fire.
“If by some miracle you live, then I would take this as a sign from the divine to redeem yourself,” Moreno-Gama allegedly told Altman in his manifesto, according to the Standard.
He also wrote a string of Substack posts earlier this year warning that AI would lead to the extinction of humanity, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
On Monday morning, FBI agents searched Moreno-Gama’s home in Spring, Texas, near Houston, remaining there for several hours.
If convicted, he faces life in prison.
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