{"id":2491538,"date":"2025-09-26T12:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutors-say-shooting-at-abc-affiliate-was-politically-motivated\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:29:26","slug":"prosecutors-say-shooting-at-abc-affiliate-was-politically-motivated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutors-say-shooting-at-abc-affiliate-was-politically-motivated\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors say shooting at ABC affiliate was politically motivated"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprosecutors-say-shooting-at-abc-affiliate-was-politically-motivated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2491538&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kyle-rittenhouse-finally-released-on-2-million-cash-bond\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Kyle Rittenhouse FINALLY Released on  Million Cash Bond\">politically motivated<\/a> shooting incident at KXTV ABC10, a Sacramento-area ABC affiliate in California.Retired lobbyist Anibal Hernandez Santana, 64, was charged with shooting three rounds into the news stationS lobby. Prosecutors believe the attack was politically driven, linked to protests outside KXTV over the cancellation of the show *Jimmy Kimmel Live!* allegedly influenced by the Trump management. Authorities found notes in Hernandez Santana&#8217;s vehicle criticizing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">trump administration<\/a> and indicating possible plans for further violence. He faces federal and state charges including possession and discharge of a firearm in a school zone and assault with a deadly weapon. No one was injured in the shooting. Hernandez Santana remains in custody without bail due to the threat he poses and concerns he might flee. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Prosecutors say shooting at Sacramento-area ABC affiliate was politically motivated<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2239169\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Prosecutors believe there were political motivations behind the shooting at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California<\/a> ABC affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>Retired California lobbyist, Anibal Hernandez Santana, 64, was ordered to remain in custody without bail Thursday after prosecutors said he continued to pose a threat and was a flight risk who was still in possession of a gun. He was charged in relation to a shooting last week at the Sacramento-area <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abc-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABC affiliate<\/a>, KXTV ABC10, in which three rounds were fired into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorney-lin-wood-under-investigation-over-whether-he-voted-illegally-in-2020-election-report\/\" title=\"Attorney Lin Wood Under Investigation Over Whether He Voted Illegally In 2020 Election: Report\">news station<\/a>&rsquo;s lobby.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3822968\/us-foreign-aid-reorient-ukraine-defense-compete-china\/\">US foreign aid will reorient to Ukraine defense, competing with China, as USAID dissolves<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3826126\/kash-patel-james-comey-indictment-fbi-weaponization\/\">Patel rejects FBI is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-new-evidence-ties-soros-foundation-to-russiagate-top-official-actively-involved-report\/\" title=\"Breaking: New Evidence Ties Soros Foundation to Russiagate, Top Official Actively Involved - Report\">politicizing law enforcement<\/a> after Comey indictment: &#8216;Wildly false accusations&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3826022\/conservative-ad-campaign-trump-china-tariff-farmers-economic-relief\/\">Trump gets ad support for China tariff war as farmers push for economic relief<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Thien Ho, the Sacramento County district attorney, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/25\/us\/abc-affiliate-shooting-california.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>  he believed the shooting &ldquo;was politically motivated.&rdquo; It came the day after protesters were seen outside KXTV to protest ABC&rsquo;s removal of <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em>! and the Trump administration&rsquo;s role in putting pressure on the network and its affiliates to cancel Jimmy Kimmel&rsquo;s show.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement officials also said they found a note inside Hernandez Santana&rsquo;s vehicle, which accused the Trump administration of &ldquo;hiding Epstein and ignoring red flags.&rdquo; Officials also said Hernandez Santana had a note on a weekly planner that read &ldquo;Do the Next Scary Thing&rdquo; written on the calendar day of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>In their bid to hold him without bail, prosecutors said the note and his calendar were evidence &ldquo;he may have been planning additional acts of violence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He was charged in U.S. District Court with possession of a firearm within a school zone, discharging a firearm within a school zone, and interfering with a licensed broadcaster. Hernandez Santana also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >faces state charges<\/a> of assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied building, and negligent discharge of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3444699\/timeline-increasing-incidents-political-violence-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN THE US: A TIMELINE OF KEY INCIDENTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nobody was hurt in the shooting. Hernandez Santa allegedly first shot his gun in the air in the direction of the news station and then drove to the front of the building, where he fired three shots into the lobby, according to the U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s office.<\/p>\n<p>KXTV ABC 10 is an affiliate of ABC but is not owned by the network. 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