ABC News Station in Sacramento hit by gunfire
Three shots were fired on Friday in a window in the ABC branch in Sacramento, one day after a protest was held outside the station about the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.
The police are investigating, but have no suspicious information and no idea if the shooting was random or targeted, a police spokesperson said.
The shots were fired around 1:30 PM at the station of the station on 400 Broadway. The building was occupied at the time, but nobody was injured.
“Responding officers observed at least three gunshots in a window of the building,” the police said in a statement. “At the moment our detectives have responded and will process this scene and perform follow -up.”
About 15 demonstrators demonstrated on Thursday outside the station, the Sacramento Bee reported. The affiliated company, ABC10 (KXTV), is the property of Tegna, which is currently being taken over by Nexstar.
“We can confirm that shots were fired at KXTV on KXTV earlier today,” said Molly McMahon, a spokesperson for Tegna. “Although details are still limited, all our employees are safe and unharmed. We work completely with law enforcement and have taken additional measures to guarantee the continuous safety of our employees.”
ABC10 covered The protest on his offices on Thursday and noted that it is not owned by ABC. The protesters objected to ABC’s decision to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” To draw, and called it a violation of freedom of expression.
The show has been out of the air since Wednesday, when FCC chairman Brendan Carr threatened to go behind local stations for Kimmel’s comments about the murderer of Charlie Kirk. Kimmel said in his monologue on Monday that the “Maga Gang” “desperately” tried to distance himself from the suspect, which implied that Kirk’s murderer was on the right. Conservatives responded strongly and noticed that evidence and statements that the suspect actually had the left -wing ideology.
Kimmel -fans have also protested in New York and in the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles, where the show was recorded.
