By Alex Stone,Meredith Deliso

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A man accused of firing multiple shots into the front lobby of Sacramento ABC affiliate KXTV’s station had a handwritten note in his car that referenced Jeffrey Epstein and mentioned the heads of the FBI and Department of Justice, according to a federal criminal complaint filed on Monday.

Anibal Hernandez Santana, 64, of Sacramento, has been charged with one count of interference with a licensed communications station in connection with Friday’s shooting. He was also charged with possession and discharge of a firearm within a school zone in an amended complaint Monday.

During his first appearance in federal court on the charges Monday afternoon in Sacramento, the judge continued the detention hearing to Thursday.

Gunshots were fired into a window in the lobby of the station’s building Friday afternoon, police said. The building was occupied at the time but no one was injured, police said.

Hernandez Santana was arrested on state charges hours after the shooting incident. He was subsequently taken into federal custody for “alleged malicious interference with the communication of a station licensed or authorized by the U.S. government,” the FBI’s Sacramento office said in a statement. The office said it was working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office “to pursue all appropriate charges” amid the ongoing investigation.

“Targeted acts of violence are unacceptable and will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement Monday.

Officers responded to the station around 1:30 p.m. Friday to reports of shots fired and “observed at least three gunshots into a window of the building,” the Sacramento Police Department said.

The shots were fired from a vehicle that drove off, according to Sacramento Police Department spokesperson Anthony Gamble.

Surveillance video showed the suspect wearing a gray T-shirt, dark pants, gray and white shoes, and a dark colored satchel around his torso, according to the federal complaint.

A witness at the scene provided a description of the suspect vehicle, according to the complaint. Through video surveillance, investigators were able to identify the vehicle and license plate, and DMV records showed the vehicle was registered to Hernandez Santana, according to the complaint.

During a search of Hernandez Santana’s car, detectives found a handwritten note that mentioned Epstein and red flags and said not to support Patel, Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino or Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to the complaint.

Another witness at the scene of the shooting provided Sacramento police officers with a 9 mm spent casing, and crime scene investigators recovered one spent projectile in the doorway to KXTV’s lobby, according to the complaint.

Hernandez Santana was initially arrested Friday evening as he exited his residence in Sacramento, according to the complaint.

While searching his home that night, Sacramento police said they found a satchel with a 9 mm handgun in a holster with an empty magazine inside, and Hernandez Santana’s hands tested positive for gunshot residue, according to the complaint. A whiteboard planner attached to his refrigerator read, “Do the Next Scary Thing,” listed for that Friday, according to the complaint.

After posting bail at the Sacramento County Main Jail on Saturday, he was arrested by the FBI later that evening, according to the complaint.

He is scheduled to appear in court on state charges — including assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied building, and negligent discharge of a firearm — Monday afternoon, according to Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho.

Ho told KXTV that prosecutors believe “there was a political motive behind his actions,” referencing the handwritten note investigators said they found in the suspect’s vehicle, which the district attorney said was found next to an “anti-Trump book.”

“At the end of the day, violence, any violence, but political violence and violence targeting the media, will not be tolerated here in Sacramento County, and we will hold people accountable,” Ho told the station Monday. “That’s what we’re doing right here now.”

Ho told KXTV prosecutors believe the defendant is a threat to public safety and plan to ask that he be held without bail during Monday’s arraignment.

The suspect’s attorney, Mark Reichel, told KXTV that Hernandez Santana is a recently retired lobbyist and Army veteran.

“Right now, I don’t have anything to go on to say whether they got the right person or not,” Reichel told the station following Hernandez Santana’s arrest by the FBI.

In the wake of the shooting, police said it was unclear if the incident was random or targeted.

“The motive remains under investigation, and we would like to thank the FBI for providing resources in support of this investigation,” police said in a statement late Friday.

Law enforcement sources briefed on the situation told ABC News following the arrest on Friday that detectives were actively looking at the suspect’s mental health history because they believe it played a role.

KXTV is owned by the broadcaster Tegna, which confirmed in a statement that “shots were fired into our station.”

“While details are still limited, importantly, all of our employees are safe and unharmed,” a Tegna spokesperson said in a statement. “We are fully cooperating with law enforcement and have taken additional measures to ensure the continued safety of our employees.”