Incident details
- Date of incident
- September 19, 2025
- Location
- Sacramento, California
- Targets
- KXTV
- Equipment damaged
- Actor
- Private individual
Equipment Damage
Shattered glass at the KXTV building in Sacramento, California, after a drive-by shooting on Sept. 19, 2025.
A drive-by shooting targeted KXTV in Sacramento, California, on Sept. 19, 2025. The TV station reported that multiple rounds were fired into the lobby, but nobody inside was injured.
The suspect, Anibal Hernandez Santana, now faces several felony charges, including discharging a firearm into an inhabited dwelling and assault with a semiautomatic gun. He also faces federal charges of interfering with a radio communication station and possessing and discharging a firearm within a school zone.
Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho told KXTV he believes the attack was politically motivated.
Ho added that “political violence and violence targeting the media, will not be tolerated here in Sacramento County, and we will hold people accountable.”
In a statement to KXTV, Hernandez’s attorney, Mark Reichel, said it was uncommon for anyone to face state and federal charges simultaneously for the same alleged conduct.
Hernandez is scheduled to appear in both state and federal court Sept. 25.
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