Sacramento man accused in ABC10 shooting vowed Trump officials were 'next' in note

Ishani Desai, The Sacramento Bee on Sep 22, 2025

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The man accused of shooting into Sacramento’s ABC10 offices wrote a note invoking sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and denouncing America’s top law enforcement leaders, according to a federal complaint filed Monday by the U.S. attorney’s office in Sacramento.

Last week, a shooter opened fire on Channel 10’s studios on the 400 block of Broadway, piercing a window three times, but injuring no one. The incident came after ABC and its parent company Disney indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday from his late night snow “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and protesters demonstrated at the Upper Land Park office of KXTL, an affiliate owned by a different company.

The Sacramento Police Department arrested Anibal Hernandez-Santana, 64, of Sacramento on suspicion of shooting the building. He posted his $200,000 bail, and was later arrested again by FBI officials in connection to federal charges.

According to the federal complaint, police officers searched Hernandez-Santana’s vehicle after he posted bail. Detectives found a handwritten note that invoked FBI Director Kash Patel, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

“For hiding Epstein & ignoring red flags. Do not support Patel, Bongino & AG Pam Bondie. They’re next. — C.K. from above,” the note read, according to the complaint.

On Monday, Patel denounced the shooting on social media. Hernandez-Santana is scheduled to appear Monday afternoon before a federal magistrate in Sacramento federal court.

“Targeted acts of violence are unacceptable and will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law,” Patel wrote on X.

Hernandez-Santana faces charges of possessing a firearm in a school zone, discharging a firearm in a school zone and interfering with a federally licensed radio communication station, according to the complaint.

The Sacramento man is also scheduled to appear Tuesday to face charges in Superior Court. There, he faces charges of assault with a semi-automatic firearm and discharging a firearm into an inhabited dwelling in connection to firing into the building with employees inside, said Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho in a news release Monday.

Ho added detectives uncovered key evidence at Hernandez-Santana’s River Park home.

“When someone brazenly fires into a news station full of people in the middle of the day, it is not only an attack on innocent employees but also an attack on the news media and our community’s sense of safety,” Ho said in the news release. “My office will prosecute this case to ensure full accountability and send a clear message: violence, intimidation and attacks on a free press have no place in our community or society at large.”

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