Sacramento man arrested after shots fired at ABC affiliate station

A 64-year-old Sacramento man was arrested Saturday after allegedly firing multiple shots into local ABC affiliate ABC10, one day after a protest over the network’s indefinite suspension of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

Police have identified the suspect as Anibal Hernandez-Santana. He was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied building, and negligent discharge of a firearm. Investigators are still determining a motive.

According to Deadline, law enforcement responded shortly after 1:30 pm Friday to reports of shots fired at the Sacramento station. At least three rounds were fired from a passing vehicle. Officers later located the vehicle, tracked it to a residence, and arrested Hernandez-Santana.

“The shots appear to have come from a vehicle but it’s unknown if this was a targeted drive by type of incident or something random,” police said on Friday night, according to NBC News.

The station confirmed someone was in the lobby during the shooting, but no injuries occurred as a result. Station owner Tegna told ABC News that it is “fully cooperating with law enforcement and have taken additional measures to ensure the continued safety of our employees.”

The gunfire came a day after protesters gathered outside ABC10’s building on Thursday in response to ABC indefinitely suspending Kimmel. The late-night host was suspended immediately after he falsely claimed on his show that the alleged assassin responsible for the murder of Charlie Kirk was a republican. Kimmel had reportedly planned on doubling down on his comments had he been kept on-air.

Demonstrators outside the station carried signs that included phrases such as “First Amendment,” “Resist,” and “You’re Next.”