Bullets struck a lobby window at the ABC affiliate station in Sacramento, California, on Friday afternoon, police said.
Police spokesperson Anthony Gamble said it’s unclear how many shots were fired at the ABC10 building, but “it does appear at least three rounds did strike the building.”
No one was injured. Police said investigators don’t know if the gunfire was directed at the ABC building.
“The shots appear to have come from a vehicle but it’s unknown if this was a targeted drive by type of incident or something random,” police said in a statement Friday night.
Sacramento police responded shortly after 1:30 p.m. to the ABC affiliate’s building. A vehicle drove by, shots were fired, then the vehicle took off, Gamble said.
Video from the scene showed a window with at least three bullet holes.
Police said they don’t have a vehicle or description of the person responsible.
The gunfire comes as the station reported that protesters had gathered outside Thursday to decry ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show from air over comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Sacramento police said it had not determined if Friday afternoon’s gunfire was related.
The network’s decision Wednesday to suspend Kimmel’s show came after Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr threatened to “take action” against Disney and ABC over the host’s remarks.
Before ABC’s announcement, Nexstar Media Group Inc. announced that its ABC affiliates would pre-empt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for the foreseeable future. The group owns more than 200 stations in the U.S. and is awaiting the FCC’s approval for a $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna.
The ABC10 station in Sacramento is owned by Tegna.
Tegna confirmed shots were fired at the station, also known as KXTV, on Friday.
“While details are still limited, importantly all of our employees are safe and unharmed,” said Molly McMahon, the senior director of corporate communications. “We are fully cooperating with law enforcement and have taken additional measures to ensure the continued safety of our employees.”
Todd Miyazawa contributed.
