{"id":452799,"date":"2026-10-01T04:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452799\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T04:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:06:17","slug":"man-arrested-over-alleged-plot-to-attack-texas-state-capitol-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452799\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested over alleged plot to attack Texas state capitol | Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 40-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of plotting to attack the Texas<\/a> state capitol, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The Texas department of public safety said in a statement that it received \u201ccredible information about an individual planning a violent attack\u201d for Thursday in Austin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Benny Caldera Jr told a friend, \u201cI am going to the Capitol and I am going to shoot it up,\u201d according<\/a> to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by NBC 5 DFW.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love you, if you don\u2019t see me again,\u201d Caldera allegedly told the friend, police wrote in the arrest documents.<\/p>\n

Caldera had expressed anger over the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), NBC 5 DFW reported. \u201cThese people have to be exterminated,\u201d Caldera allegedly said.<\/p>\n

The tip came in Tuesday evening, and Swat officers arrested Caldera at about 3am on Wednesday at a residence in Converse, Texas, near San Antonio.<\/p>\n

Caldera has been charged with felony terroristic threat against a public servant, court records show. He has been released after posting a $75,000 bond.<\/p>\n

Messages were left seeking comment from an attorney listed for Caldera.<\/p>\n

Public safety officials notified state lawmakers about the threat and arrest early on Wednesday. The Capitol remained open during regular operating hours.<\/p>\n

Texas senate secretary Patsy Spaw said in a notice that there will be increased security at the Capitol during the investigation.<\/p>\n

Governor Greg Abbott said the state DPS was assisted by the FBI in making the arrest.<\/p>\n

\u201cTexas will NOT tolerate threats of violence against our Capitol,\u201d the governor said in a statement on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 40-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of plotting to attack the Texas state capitol, authorities…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-452799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}