The accused ABC10 Shooter pleads not guilty to federal accusations

The man accused of firing in the Hall of the ABC10 news station in Sacramento appeared on Monday before the Federal Court and pleaded not guilty for four criminal charges during a indictment which lasted four minutes.

Prosecutors accused Anibal Hernandez Santana of having fired three shots in the Hall of ABC10 while pulling another blow in the air in a nearby parking lot on September 19. No one was injured in any of the cases.

Hernandez Santana was accused of owning and unloading a firearm in a school area and interference with a radio communication station. He filed a deposit in the morning after the shooting for his state accusations, but the federal officials placed him in police custody after the prosecutors argued that he was a risk of theft and that he always had a firearm.

The shooting occurred two days after the late evening Jimmy Kimmel was suddenly – but temporarily – withdrew the air from the comments he made linked to the late activist Charlie Kirk.

A small demonstration took place outside the ABC10 station after Kimmel’s suspension, but no protest was underway at the time of the shooting.

After the arrest of Hernandez Santana, the court documents revealed that the police of the Sacramento police department found a note that said: “To hide Epstein and ignore the red flags. Do not support Patel, Bongino and Ag Pam Bondie. They are following. – CK from above. “

The District Prosecutor of Sacramento County, Thien Ho, told Kcra 3 in the previous relationships he thought that the shooting was politically motivated, explaining that he thinks that the “CK from above” refers to Kirk. Ho also said that part of the motivation was “to attack a free press, free media”.

“We will soon receive evidence in this case and we are impatient to revise it to determine the best defense in the future,” said Mark Reichel, defense lawyer of Hernandez Santana on Monday.

Reichel previously told Kcra 3 that he had not seen any evidence binding his client in crime, but he thinks that the investigators examine the social media of Hernandez Santana, who includes many critical positions towards President Donald Trump and members of his administration, and some who referenced Kirk’s murder.

Hernandez Santana himself is a retirement lawyer and lobbyist.

For his federal accusations, he risks a maximum sentence of five years in prison and up to a fine of $ 250,000 linked to the possession and dismissal of a weapon in a school area, if it is found guilty. Interference with a radio communication station charge leads to a maximum of one year and a fine of up to $ 10,000.

Hernandez Santana also faces state accusations linked to the exit of a firearm in a inhabited building and assault with a semi-automatic firearm, as well as the personal use of an allegation of firearm. If he is found guilty of these accusations, he would say a maximum sentence of 17 years in state prison.

Hernandez Santana must then be due to court in the federal case on November 17.

A state conference in the case of the State is scheduled for October 16.

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– Daniel Macht from KCRA 3 contributed to this story.