FBI Arrests Suspect in Shooting at Sacramento News Station Who Was Freed on Bail

Authorities say they found a note apparently with Charlie Kirk’s initials and names of Trump administration officials in the suspect’s car.
FBI Arrests Suspect in Shooting at Sacramento News Station Who Was Freed on Bail
FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill on Sept. 16, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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A man suspected of opening fire on a Sacramento news station’s offices on Sept. 19 faces multiple state and federal gun-related charges in what authorities described as a targeted shooting.

Anibal Hernandez Santana, 64, of Sacramento, was arrested by police that evening but posted bail and was released the next day.

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