A Sacramento man suspected of shooting into the ABC10 television station’s lobby on Friday has been arrested, police said. Anibal Hernandezsantana, 64, was arrested at a residence in the 5400 block of Carlson Drive in River Park, police said early Saturday. Police said investigators had linked him to the vehicle suspected in the shooting. He was being booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on charges that include assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied building and negligent discharge of a firearm. KCRA 3 saw police activity at the River Park Apartments around 6:15 p.m. on Friday, which included several police cars and a SWAT team. A witness at the scene reported seeing a man being tackled and then taken into custody. Asked for comment at the time, police called their presence a planned operation. Earlier Friday, police said they responded to reports of shots being fired at the ABC10 building at 400 Broadway after 1:30 p.m. No one was injured in the shooting despite the building being occupied.See the press conference with Sacramento PD in the video player below Three bullet holes were seen in one of the building’s windows. A person was in the lobby at the time of the shooting, but not physically harmed, the station said. There were protests outside of the station on Friday morning, but none were active at the time of the shooting, police told KCRA 3. Tegna, which owns ABC10, issued the following statement: “We can confirm that shots were fired into our station at KXTV earlier today. While details are still limited, importantly all of our employees are safe and unharmed. We are fully cooperating with law enforcement and have taken additional measures to ensure the continued safety of our employees.”Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said he had been briefed on the shooting. “While no injuries have been reported, any act of violence toward journalists is an attack on our democracy itself and must be condemned in the strongest terms,” the governor’s office shared in a post on X. “We stand with reporters and staff who work every day to keep communities informed and safe!”Sacramento police thanked the FBI for providing resources in its investigation. They asked anyone with information to contact them. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
A Sacramento man suspected of shooting into the ABC10 television station’s lobby on Friday has been arrested, police said.
Anibal Hernandezsantana, 64, was arrested at a residence in the 5400 block of Carlson Drive in River Park, police said early Saturday. Police said investigators had linked him to the vehicle suspected in the shooting.
He was being booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on charges that include assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied building and negligent discharge of a firearm.
KCRA 3 saw police activity at the River Park Apartments around 6:15 p.m. on Friday, which included several police cars and a SWAT team. A witness at the scene reported seeing a man being tackled and then taken into custody. Asked for comment at the time, police called their presence a planned operation.
Earlier Friday, police said they responded to reports of shots being fired at the ABC10 building at 400 Broadway after 1:30 p.m. No one was injured in the shooting despite the building being occupied.
See the press conference with Sacramento PD in the video player below
Three bullet holes were seen in one of the building’s windows. A person was in the lobby at the time of the shooting, but not physically harmed, the station said.
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Three bullet holes can seen in a window at ABC10’s television station after a shooting.
There were protests outside of the station on Friday morning, but none were active at the time of the shooting, police told KCRA 3.
Tegna, which owns ABC10, issued the following statement: “We can confirm that shots were fired into our station at KXTV earlier today. While details are still limited, importantly all of our employees are safe and unharmed. We are fully cooperating with law enforcement and have taken additional measures to ensure the continued safety of our employees.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said he had been briefed on the shooting.
“While no injuries have been reported, any act of violence toward journalists is an attack on our democracy itself and must be condemned in the strongest terms,” the governor’s office shared in a post on X. “We stand with reporters and staff who work every day to keep communities informed and safe!”
Sacramento police thanked the FBI for providing resources in its investigation. They asked anyone with information to contact them.
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Thanks to the prompt and diligent work of our responding officers and investigators, the suspect vehicle was identified, leading officers to a residence in the 5400 block of Carlson Drive. The suspect, 64-year-old Anibal Hernandezsantana of Sacramento, was arrested on charges of… https://t.co/49OSEEM95k
— Sacramento Police Department (@SacPolice) September 20, 2025
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