A Sacramento man who allegedly opened fire on the offices of a local ABC affiliate in a brazen drive-by shooting had handwritten notes in his car railing against President Trump and a bizarre calendar memo reminding him to “do the next scary thing,” prosecutors said Monday.
Anibal Hernandez Santana, 64, had a calendar note on his refrigerator to “do the next scary thing” dated Sept. 19, the day he allegedly blasted three bullets into the lobby window of ABC10’s Broadway headquarters, prosecutors announced on Monday.
Investigators also found an anti-Trump book and a handwritten note that said “For hiding Epstein and ignoring red flags” during a search of his car, Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho said.
The note mentioned FBI Director Kash Patel, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, and Attorney General Pam Bondi, threatening that they were “next,” Ho added.
Hernandez Santana was arrested by local cops on Friday on state counts of assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied building, and negligent discharge of a firearm.
He was released hours later on $200,000 bail before being rearrested by the FBI on Saturday.
Hernandez Santana will also face federal charges related to interfering with a federally licensed station and discharging a firearm within a school zone, authorities announced.
Evidence points to a politically motivated crime, and “it appears that he was also looking at other places, other people,” Ho said.
Prosecutors didn’t confirm whether the shooting was related to ABC’s suspension of late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel over his controversial comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Furious protesters had lined up outside the station the previous day to demonstrate in support of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Fortunately, no protesters were outside when Hernandez Santana allegedly fired off shots just after 1:30 p.m. Friday, the Sacramento County Police Department told The Post.
Hernandez Santana first allegedly fired a shot into the air in the direction of the station, then drove to the front of the station and fired three shots directly into the building’s lobby while an employee was inside, federal authorities said.
No one was injured during the gunfire, police said.
In July, after Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” was canceled, Hernandez Santana raged online that “the authoritarian oligarchy is now complete” and urged others to “fight like hell.”
The alleged gunman, a former health policy analyst for the California Indian Health Board, posted on X the day before the shooting, seemingly wishing for Trump’s death, according to Variety.
“Where is a good heart attack when we need it the most??” the post read.
His defense attorney, Mark Reichel, said Hernandez Santana intends to plead not guilty in both the state and federal cases launched against him. His arraignment on federal charges was scheduled for Monday afternoon.
Reichel said he believes the federal government would use his client’s case to create a political frenzy.
“I am certain the Trump administration and his DOJ dislikes his political posts on social media, and they will take any opportunity to take a state crime committed by someone who is considered ‘liberal’ and make it a federal offense to use it as political fodder for their never ceasing attempts to demonize those who disagree with the President’s policies,” Reichel said in an email to the Associated Press.
The district attorney will seek to hold Hernandez Santana without bail.
With Post wires
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