At least three shots were fired into the KXTV/ABC 10 building, an ABC News affiliate in Sacramento, California, during a drive-by shooting on Friday afternoon. The Sacramento Police Department was notified shortly after 1:30 local time. Although the building was occupied, no one was injured.
ABC World News Tonight reported that a vehicle pulled up to the building, “an occupant opened fire, striking the lobby window. The vehicle then took off.”
According to the SPD, responding officers “observed three bullet holes” in one of the lobby windows.
Speaking to reporters on Friday afternoon, SPD Public Information Officer Anthony Gamble said, “I don’t know if this was targeted or if this was a random act. But what I could tell you is our detectives are on the scene and they’re going to be conducting follow up while we’re going to try to figure who is responsible for this.”
Shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday, the SPD announced the arrest of a suspect. Anibal Hernandez-Santana, 64, of Sacramento, faces charges of “assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied building, and negligent discharge of a firearm.”
Although the circumstances appear clear, police say the motive remains under investigation.
On Wednesday, ABC, Disney, and primary affiliate Nexstar each moved to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s show over his lies to viewers about Charlie Kirk’s assassin — a decision that was widely applauded by conservatives. After the alleged shooter was revealed to be a leftist with a live-in partner transitioning from male to female, Kimmel told his audience:
We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.
A remark by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr during an appearance on Benny Johnson’s YouTube show — saying, “we can do this the easy way or the hard way” — has led some observers, including Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, to wonder whether Jimmy Kimmel Live! was suspended because ABC, Disney, and Nexstar felt pressured.
As we know, the backlash from the Left over Carr’s comment has been fierce. On Thursday, a protest over ABC’s suspension of Kimmel’s show occurred outside this building. The Sacramento Bee shows a photo of a protester carrying a sign that said: “Trump=America’s Hitler, ABC=fascist enabler, Kimmel=truth teller.”
So, we can draw our own conclusions about the shooter’s motive.
Update: Saturday 3:40 p.m.
The suspect is “a former teacher’s union legislative director whose X feed is full of far-left rhetoric encouraging escalation.”
Update: Saturday, 5:40 p.m.
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