On July 2nd, 2025, 18-year-old Kevin Alexander Hunt was arrested after his plans were discovered to detonate explosives at an annual parade in Canyon, Texas on July 4th.
According to a source, DPS learned about the plot and placed a GPS tracker on his SUV. They noticed Hunt was repeatedly driving the parade route.
Multiple law enforcement agencies stopped Hunt on July 2nd at VFW Road and Tatum Schulte Lane, approaching his SUV with guns drawn.
After his arrest, DPS conducted a search on Hunt's home. What they seized was:
Clear plastic jar containing small BB's from shotgun shells, and green flakes suspected to be srnokeless powder
A remote pyrotechnic firing system consisting of one transmitter and three receivers (one receiver contained batteries)
An opened clear plastic bag with white powder that tested positive for the chemical Hexamine and was labeled "Hexamine"
An opened blue bag that tested positive for the chemical Citric Acid and was so marked
A gallon bottle of hydrogen peroxide, 17oz concentrated
A bag that tested positive for sodium bicarbonate
Grey coffee cup with residue
Multiple firearms and ammunition
Including that, Hunt also left a folder on his computer named "fun stuff" where he put two photos of Paul Lindsey Park labeled "Park 1" and "Park2", along with a manifesto titled "READMEFIRST".
Quotes from said manifesto:
"Hi. There's no manifesto here,"
"I am not killing people out of hate. Death is the end of all suffering and those who are killed unjustly are not to be judged because they had no chance to repent and therefore are not compliant with their sin,"
"I'm sure you probably don't really care and are looking for some easy way to pin this on a website or some shitty/pol/tard ideology ... im fr*aking sinister or something of the sort. Who gives a shit anymore?"
"It was those PSA's they show up when I was young, after Sandy Hook. 'Who would do such a thing? Why would they do it?' turn(ed) into "how many did they kill? What did they think?" and that turned into obsession."
"To me, an act of violence like that, if you are so convinced it is right, if you truly believe in what you say, is no different than a holy war,"
"Maybe, just maybe, I am a similar person to you. Maybe I experienced the same things as you and I have the same thoughts you did. Maybe, I wanted to act on my belief while you don't. Or Maybe, I'm another loser who wanted to die and wanted to take some scum out with them. It really just depends on how little you want to see me as human, like you are."
Hunt attached a photo of him holding a gun to his head along with other drawing sketches. The ones following are not part of the manifesto, but still drawn by him.
Hunt online partaked into many true crime discussions. He showed great interest into Adam Lanza, who was mentioned in his manifesto, Arthur Achleitner, Axel Rudakubana, Rickard Andersson, Payton Gendron, and Timothy McVeigh, who he talked about in Discord.
criminal complaint that contains discord chatlogs