Anibal Hernandez Santana is suspected of firing the shots in the news station building on Friday. He was arrested later that night by Sacramento police. He then posted bail the following day and was arrested by the FBI on federal charges.
In a criminal complaint released Thursday, federal prosecutors said Hernandez Santana walked into an elementary school office, located just over two miles away from the ABC10 station, on Sept. 16.
Attached to the criminal complaint is a photo from the school's surveillance cameras showing the suspect at the front gate just after 11:15 a.m.
#Breaking #New Fed prosecutors say ABC10 shooting suspect walked into nearby elementary school “dressed in military-looking pants and an Army Hat and sunglasses” and asked to read to students. He was asked to leave. 3 days before tv station shooting. pic.twitter.com/Lp7sD6mm98
— stevelarge (@largesteven) September 25, 2025Hernandez Santana asked the employee if he could read to the children, but the employee said he could not, prosecutors said. The employee went on to tell him that he could volunteer, but would need to be cleared and speak with the school's office manager first. Prosecutors said Hernandez Santana insisted that he wanted to volunteer that day, but the employee told him it was not possible.
Hernandez Santana then left the campus at the employee's direction, prosecutors said.
After Friday's shooting at ABC10, staff members and teachers reported the incident to the FBI, with one employee saying Hernandez Santana appeared "very out of character."
Prosecutors described the visit to the school as "both unusual and concerning," saying it was "consistent with pre-attack site surveillance, which is a recognizable indicator of an active shooter's planning and preparation activities."
"Mr. Hernandez Santana is entitled to due process - he is innocent unless and until he is found otherwise," Mark Reichel, Hernandez Santana's lawyer, said in a statement on Monday.
In a jailhouse interview with CBS Sacramento on Wednesday, he said that he's "not a violent man."
The shooting happened a day after ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel in response to comments about Charlie Kirk. A motive for the shooting remains under investigation.
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