Anti-Trump lawyer opened fire on ABC news station
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The man police say fired three shots into a California ABC News station made social media posts wishing death on President Donald Trump.

Anibal Hernandez Santana, a 64-year-old resident of Sacramento, was named by the police as the individual who fired three shots into a window of KXTV, an ABC affiliate in the area, on Friday.

Nobody was injured in the shooting, with Santana arrested after police identified a vehicle connected to the shooting, The New York Times reported. 

Santana has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied building and negligent discharge of a firearm.

Authorities have yet to determine the reason behind the incident at the station, which happened two days after ABC indefinitely pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show due to his remarks about Charlie Kirk.

Santana, formerly a health policy analyst for the California Rural Indian Health Board and now seemingly retired, has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday, as stated on his LinkedIn profile.

A profile on X that bears his name is filled with posts that reveal negative feelings about Trump, with one being published a day before the attack.

A photo of Anibal Hernandez Santana on a social media account that matches his name

A photo of Anibal Hernandez Santana on a social media account that matches his name

Santana is the suspect in the shooting on Sacramento ABC affiliate, KXTV, on Friday. He has been charged and is now out of custody on bail

Santana is the suspect in the shooting on Sacramento ABC affiliate, KXTV, on Friday. He has been charged and is now out of custody on bail

‘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,’ one post read, seemingly talking about Trump.

The account further wished death on Trump in another post, seemingly making a tenuous connection between the president and Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Kirk’s killing.

‘I support the death penalty for Tyler Robinson. Absolutely, as soon as the fed criminal code is amended to add the death penalty for a president who refuses to step down after certified election results and/or incites an insurrection. This has been a PSA for democracy. Thank you,’ the account wrote.

A day after Kirk was assassinated, the account posted a less-than-genuine tribute to the 31-year-old father-of-two.

‘Our thoughts and prayers are with Charlie Kirk and his family. May the prudence of his cost-benefit analysis for 2A rights vs. school shootings live on forever,’ the account wrote.

Santana studied regional and city planning at UC Berkeley and law at UC Law San Francisco, according to a Facebook profile matching the other social media accounts.

On Thursday, the day before the shooting, about 15 people protested Kimmel’s demise outside the station, which is owned by Tegna.

Santana has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied building and negligent discharge of a firearm

Santana has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied building and negligent discharge of a firearm 

Pictured: A X profile with Santana's name made negative posts wishing death on President Donald Trump

Pictured: A X profile with Santana’s name made negative posts wishing death on President Donald Trump

On Thursday, the day before the shooting, about 15 people protested Kimmel's demise outside the station, which is owned by Tegna

On Thursday, the day before the shooting, about 15 people protested Kimmel’s demise outside the station, which is owned by Tegna

Kimmel’s suspension has outraged liberals, who claim the Trump administration is not respecting freedom of speech. 

This is because FCC Chair Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee, suggested Kimmel should be suspended in a Wednesday podcast appearance. Hours later, ABC did just that.

Kimmel said in his Monday monologue that MAGA was ‘desperately’ trying to distance itself from the suspect in Kirk’s killing and implied that Robinson was on the political right.

Carr, and many other conservatives, pointed out that evidence released by authorities so far indicates that Robinson had drifted to the left in recent years. 

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