Overview
- A federal grand jury indicted Cameron Arnold, also known as Autumn Hill, and Zachary Evetts on counts of providing material support to terrorism, attempted murder of U.S. officers, and discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.
- FBI Director Kash Patel said this is the first terrorism filing tied to Antifa and noted more than 20 arrests connected to the case and related networks under President Trump’s new directives.
- Prosecutors say a “North Texas Antifa cell” coordinated the ambush using encrypted chats, amassed dozens of firearms, and that Arnold trained others and built AR‑platform rifles distributed to co-defendants.
- Authorities allege masked attackers used fireworks and vandalism to draw personnel outside before opening fire, wounding an Alvarado police officer in the neck; investigators later tied additional weapons to ex‑Marine Benjamin Hanil Song.
- Arnold and Evetts remain detained ahead of an Oct. 22 hearing as defense lawyers dispute the terrorism theory and argue political beliefs are not crimes.