Someone opened fire on an ABC affiliate in Sacramento, California.
The KXTV ABC10 building was struck by bullets around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 19, a day after protestors gathered outside to speak out against ABC pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air.
The station posted a video on YouTube saying three shots were fired into the lobby during a drive-by shooting. Employees were inside working, but no one was injured, according to a statement on the ABC10 website.
“We can confirm that shots were fired into our station at KXTV earlier today. While details are still limited, importantly, all of our employees are safe and unharmed,” the statement read. “We are fully cooperating with law enforcement and have taken additional measures to ensure the continued safety of our employees.”
The Sacramento Police Department is searching for the culprit.
“We’re going to figure out who’s responsible for this,” said Sacramento PD spokesman, Officer Anthony Gamble. “Fortunately, we haven’t had a lot of attacks on our media partners. We would like to keep it that way.”
Gamble added, “I don’t know if this was targeted or a random act. But what I can tell is our detectives are on scene, they’re going to be conducting a follow-up.”
The station is owned by Tegna, which is in the process of being acquired by rival Nexstar Media Group in a $6.2 billion deal announced in August. Nexstar is awaiting approval by the Trump-controlled Federal Communications Commission.
ABC suspended Kimmel’s show “indefinitely” on Wednesday, Sept. 17, amid pressure from the Trump administration and Nexstar, which owns dozens of ABC affiliates and threatened to drop Kimmel’s late-night show from its stations.
The Texas-based media company said it “strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.”
ABC immediately pulled the show. Comedian Wanda Sykes posted a video on Instagram saying she was at the Jimmy Kimmel Live! studio in Hollywood for an appearance when the show was yanked.
“Hey, for those of you who pray, now’s the time to do it. Love you, Jimmy,” Sykes said in the video.
KXTV ABC10 reported it was flooded with complaints over the suspension. The next day, protesters peacefully rallied in front.
The Sacramento Bee published photos of people holding signs denouncing the Trump administration.
“We feel that the crackdown on free speech is getting dangerous here in the country,” protester Susan Brown told the paper. “We, as citizens, felt that wee need to come out here and let our voices be heard.”
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