Man re-arrested by FBI after shots fired at ABC affiliate in Sacramento

A 64-year-old man suspected of shooting at an ABC affiliate station in Sacramento was re-arrested by the FBI and is now being held without bail on an unspecified federal hold after being initially arrested and released on bond Saturday.

The Sacramento Police Department arrested Anibal Hernandez Santana after an investigation into a vehicle at the scene led them to a home. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied building and negligent discharge of a firearm.

Police spokesperson Anthony Gamble said it’s unclear how many shots were fired at the ABC10 building on Friday afternoon, but “it does appear at least three rounds did strike the building.”

No one was injured. Police said investigators don’t know if the gunfire was directed at the ABC building.

“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 in a statement Friday night.

Bullet holes in an ABC10 building in Sacramento, Calif., on Friday.KCRA

Sacramento police responded shortly after 1:30 p.m. to the ABC affiliate’s building on Friday. A vehicle drove by, shots were fired, then the vehicle took off, Gamble said.

Video from the scene showed a window with at least three bullet holes.

The gunfire comes as the station reported that protesters had gathered outside Thursday to decry ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show from air over comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Sacramento police said it had not determined if Friday afternoon’s gunfire was related to Kimmel’s removal.

The network’s decision Wednesday to suspend Kimmel’s show came after Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr threatened to “take action” against Disney and ABC over the host’s remarks.

Before ABC’s announcement, Nexstar Media Group Inc. announced that its ABC affiliates would pre-empt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for the foreseeable future. The group owns more than 200 stations in the U.S. and is awaiting the FCC’s approval for a $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna.

The ABC10 station in Sacramento is owned by Tegna.

Tegna confirmed shots were fired at the station, also known as KXTV, on Friday.

“While details are still limited, importantly all of our employees are safe and unharmed,” said Molly McMahon, the senior director of corporate communications. “We are fully cooperating with law enforcement and have taken additional measures to ensure the continued safety of our employees.”

Hernandez Santana was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail, police said. His bail was set at $200,000, according to court records. Jail records show he was initially released Saturday before police requested a bail enhancement to keep him in custody until the next court date on Tuesday.

It is not clear why he was ever released from custody or if he has an attorney.

The Sacramento Police Department is asking anyone with information on the incident to get in touch.

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