Texas man arrested over threat to run truck into Charlie Kirk vigil

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: A Texas man has been arrested after police said he posted threats on social media just hours before students and community members gathered for a vigil honoring Charlie Kirk at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Xaelyn Dunbar, 19, now faces charges of making a threat by intentionally and knowingly threatening to commit violence and for posting violent remarks on Facebook directed at the memorial that drew nearly 1,000 attendees.

Xaelyn Dunbar accused of planning to disrupt Charlie Kirk vigil with truck threat

The threats were made on the Facebook page of the San Antonio Young Republicans, which was promoting the campus vigil for Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA co-founder who was killed on September 10 at Utah Valley University.

"This is a disgrace and I can tell you right now ima make sure this won’t be a good nor comforting vigil yall watch and see. Ima make this a movie … me and my truck," Dunbar allegedly wrote, according to an arrest affidavit cited by the San Antonio Express. 

When another user questioned his comments, Dunbar allegedly replied, "You’ll see tmr I jus wouldn’t advise tryna stop a Ford 250 Diesel truck. Show yall how much Charlie really means," according to the affidavit.

San Antonio police flagged the threats before University of Texas event

Authorities said the comments were flagged by the Southwest Texas Fusion Center, an interagency intelligence hub operated by the San Antonio Police Department.

The information was then relayed to the University of Texas at San Antonio Police Department. A UTSA captain alerted the San Antonio Police Department, which dispatched officers — along with Universal City police — to Dunbar’s Sagebrush Apartments on the northeast side of San Antonio.

Suspect told officers he was 'clowning around' 

Dunbar admitted to posting the comments and acknowledged they could be viewed as threats, though he claimed he was joking.

He allegedly told officers he was "being dumb" and "clowning around," according to the affidavit.

"Even if I’m 19 years old, that doesn’t mean I won’t still act like a kid," Dunbar reportedly said when questioned.

Asked if the threats were worth criminal charges, he allegedly replied, "If that’s what it takes, I did what I did, and I can take the consequences," according to the affidavit. Dunbar was taken into custody and booked into the Bexar County Jail, where he is being held on a $40,000 bond.