Christopher Cayce is accused of using a “high-powered, motorized water gun” to shoot people in his self-described drive-bys, according to a Facebook post by the Houston Police Department.
Cayce was charged with two count of misdemeanor assault causing bodily injury, according to court records. The assaults were alleged to have happened to two different people on June 4.
Harris County court records show Cayce was arrested Thursday and released on a general order bond, a cash-free bond issued for most misdemeanor offenses. He’s scheduled to appear in court next week.
Cayce has posted videos of himself on Facebook and Youtube for three years, including at least four videos of himself squirting unsuspecting people with Sprya water guns, which advertise themselves as “the world’s strongest water gun.”
The videos show a man driving around parts of Houston shooting people with a water gun as they’re walking down sidewalks, standing in medians or, in some cases, lying down near the street. In some of his videos, Cayce offered people wads of money or food from his car and then sprayed them in the face as they approached.
The charging documents don’t describe the injuries the people suffered in the alleged assault. The company warns against shooting people in the face or the eyes with their gun.
In videos posted after his arrest, Cayce wrote that he was being framed and claimed he was brought to jail over traffic tickets.
“It’s just water,” Cayce said. “A lot of people might think it’s bad, but to me it wasn’t bad.”
Assault causing bodily injury is a Class A misdemeanor. If convicted, Cayce could be sentenced to up to a year in jail and fined up to $4,000.