Man arrested in drive-by capturing at Sacramento ABC station : NPR

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Screenshot/Google Earth 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Anibal Hernandezsantana, 64 years outdated, was arrested early Saturday and charged with felonies that embody capturing into an occupied constructing, assault with a lethal weapon and negligent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 Division advised NPR in an announcement. He was booked into the Sacramento County Essential Jail on Saturday and launched within the afternoon after posting a $200,000 bail, mentioned Sacramento County Sheriff's Workplace spokesperson Sgt. Amar Gandhi.

On Friday, round 1:30 p.m. native time, police responded to experiences of photographs fired within the 400 block of Broadway, the place the ABC10 TV station is situated. A minimum of three bullets have been fired right into a window of the TV station's foyer, in line with police. After the photographs 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's unclear whether or not there's any connection between the capturing and the present's suspension or the protest, and police advised NPR the motive is below investigation.

TEGNA is grateful their staff have been unhurt and are protected, a spokesperson for the corporate advised NPR on Saturday. The corporate can be sustaining elevated safety at ABC10, the spokesperson mentioned.

"We're conscious of the arrest linked to the photographs 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 essential native information and data."

Journalists and organizations condemned the capturing, together with the Nationwide Affiliation of Black Journalists Sacramento chapter, which known as the capturing "heartbreaking and unacceptable."

"As fellow journalists, the members of the Sacramento Chapter of the Nationwide Affiliation 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 an announcement on social media. "Our hearts are with these impacted, and we name on your complete neighborhood to affix 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's unclear whether or not he has obtained authorized counsel right now.