ABC Station Shooting Suspect Allegedly Wrote Note Invoking Epstein, Threatening Trump Officials

A 63-year-old Sacramento man accused of shooting at ABC affiliate KXTV allegedly had a handwritten note in his car referencing deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and naming the heads of the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) as “next,” according to a federal criminal complaint filed Monday.

Authorities arrested Anibal Hernandez Santana on Friday after Sacramento police responded to reports of gunfire at ABC10’s television station. In a press release, the Eastern District of California U.S. Attorney’s Office stated that officials recovered the handwritten note in Hernandez Santana’s vehicle, which accused the FBI and DOJ of “hiding” Epstein and “ignoring red flags.”

“There was a weekly planner attached to the refrigerator in his home. Under ‘Friday,’ there was a handwritten note that stated, ‘Do the Next Scary Thing.’ Law enforcement also found in his car a handwritten note that read, ‘For hiding Epstein & ignoring red flags. Do not support Patel, Bongino, & AG Pam Bondi. They’re next. – C.K. from above,’” officials said.

Around 1:30 p.m. local time on Friday, Hernandez Santana allegedly fired one shot into the air and three shots at ABC affiliate KXTV.

Officials said the 63-year-old first fired a shot in the air while standing on a sidewalk near the station, in a school zone. He then got into his car, drove to the front of the building, and allegedly fired the remaining shots into the lobby, according to the complaint. (RELATED: Newsom Refuses To Fund Popular Safety Law While Casting Himself As California’s Crime-Fighting Governor)

Logos for Australia’s public broadcaster ABC are seen on its head office building in Sydney on September 27, 2018. (SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

At the time of the incident, a KXTV/ABC 10 employee was inside the building, but no one was injured.

Sacramento police initially arrested Hernandez Santana the same day, but he was released on bail by Saturday, only to be arrested again by federal authorities hours later.

The attack on the ABC affiliate station came promptly amid protests against Disney and ABC following the network’s decision Wednesday to indefinitely suspend late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

Hernandez Santana is facing federal charges for possessing a firearm in a school zone, discharging a firearm in a school zone and interfering with a radio communication station, according to U.S. Attorney Eric Grant.

“The FBI has taken into custody the suspect linked to the shooting into ABC10’s Sacramento station lobby under a federal hold for interference with licensed broadcasts,” FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X. “Targeted acts of violence are unacceptable and will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.”

If convicted, Hernandez Santana could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the firearm charges, and up to one year in prison and a $10,000 fine for interfering with the radio communication station.

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