A man yesterday shot three bullets into an ABC affiliate in Sacramento, California, and fortunately didn’t hurt anyone. Police tracked him down and identified him as Anibal Hernandez-Santana, who is 64.
Since the news broke of the shooter’s identity, Variety has reported that the man hates Trump and wants him dead. Yeah, he’s a left-wing radical nutjob:
Three shots were fired into a window at the ABC affiliate in Sacramento on Friday, a day after a protest was held outside the station over Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension.
Anibal Hernandez-Santana, 64, was later arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, negligent discharge of a firearm, and shooting into an occupied building.
“The motive remains under investigation, and we would like to thank the FBI for providing resources in support of this investigation,” a Sacramento Police Department spokesperson said in a statement early Saturday.
The shots were fired around 1:30 p.m. at the station headquarters at 400 Broadway. The building was occupied at the time, but no one was hurt.
Police were able to identify a suspect vehicle, which led them to a residence in the 5400 block of Carlson Drive, in the River Park neighborhood east of downtown. Hernandez-Santana was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail.
According to jail records, he is being held on $200,000 bail and is due to appear in court on Tuesday afternoon.
Hernandez-Santana is a former health policy analyst for the California Rural Indian Health Board. In 2019, he sued the non-profit group for discrimination and retaliation, alleging that he was terminated after being denied time off to care for his disabled son.
According to the complaint, Hernandez-Santana’s job involved tracking state legislation and assisting with Affordable Care Act implementation. When Hernandez-Santana was fired in 2018, he got into a verbal confrontation with his supervisors, who ultimately called the police, according to the complaint. The suit was withdrawn in 2020.
A LinkedIn account matching that name indicates he previously was a legislative director for the California Federation of Teachers, and is now retired and engaged in “full time parenting.”
An X account matching that profile contains a steady stream of anti-Trump commentary.
“The authoritarian oligarchy is now complete,” the account posted in July. “CBS+ caving, big law firms in DC, the subservients FBI and AG, university presidents stepping down, fan boys SCOTUS, public radio, ICE goons. We are going to have to ‘fight like hell’. Rules don’t apply if election was stolen. FIGHT!”
On Thursday, the account posted: “Where is a good heart attack when we need it the most?? Please Join in my thoughts and prayers for the physical demise of our fearful leader.”
This wasn’t reported until late last night by TMZ, and I knew as soon as I read it that it was a leftist. Now we know for sure.