ABC10 TV station in Sacramento, Calif., an ABC affiliate owned by TEGNA.
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A person has been arrested after a drive-by capturing into an ABC affiliate TV station in Sacramento, in line with police.
Anibal Hernandezsantana, 64 years outdated, was arrested early Saturday and charged with felonies that embody capturing into an occupied constructing, assault with a lethal weapon and negligent discharge of a firearm, the Sacramento Police Department informed NPR in a press release. He was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on Saturday and launched within the afternoon after posting a $200,000 bail, mentioned Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Sgt. Amar Gandhi.
On Friday, round 1:30 p.m. native time, police responded to studies of pictures fired within the 400 block of Broadway, the place the ABC10 TV station is situated. At least three bullets have been fired right into a window of the TV station’s foyer, in line with police. After the pictures have been fired, the automobile drove off. The constructing was occupied on the time of the capturing and nobody was injured, police additionally mentioned. ABC10 is an affiliate of ABC and owned by TEGNA.
The capturing occurred a day after protesters demonstrated exterior of the station over Jimmy Kimmel’s present being suspended indefinitely by ABC. It is unclear whether or not there’s any connection between the capturing and the present’s suspension or the protest, and police informed NPR the motive is underneath investigation.
TEGNA is grateful their staff have been unhurt and are protected, a spokesperson for the corporate informed NPR on Saturday. The firm can also be sustaining elevated safety at ABC10, the spokesperson mentioned.
“We’re conscious of the arrest related to the pictures fired into the KXTV constructing yesterday and proceed to cooperate with the police,” the spokesperson mentioned. “Our precedence is to make sure our staff’ security and well-being as they proceed to hold out our mission to serve our neighborhood with vital native information and knowledge.”
Journalists and organizations condemned the capturing, together with the National Association of Black Journalists Sacramento chapter, which referred to as the capturing “heartbreaking and unacceptable.”
“As fellow journalists, the members of the Sacramento Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists need to be clear: violence in opposition to members of the media is violence in opposition to our complete neighborhood,” the group mentioned in a press release on social media. “Our hearts are with these impacted, and we name on your complete neighborhood to hitch us in lifting up, supporting, and defending the journalists who serve you each single day.”
Hernandezsantana is scheduled to look in court docket on Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 3 p.m. native time. It is unclear whether or not he has obtained authorized counsel right now.
