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Teen Arrested Over Online Threats Targeting UTSA Vigil for Charlie Kirk

A fusion center alert prompted a welfare check after Facebook comments referenced using a truck to disrupt the event.

Overview

  • Authorities charged 19-year-old Xaelyn Dunbar with making a terroristic threat tied to the Sept. 15 UTSA vigil, according to court records.
  • An arrest affidavit quotes posts saying the vigil would not be comforting and referencing "me and my truck" along with a Ford F-250 Diesel.
  • The comments appeared under the San Antonio Young RepublicansFacebook post and were flagged by the Southwest Texas Fusion Center.
  • San Antonio and Universal City officers conducted a welfare check at Dunbar’s Northeast Side apartment, where he admitted posting the comments and described them as a joke.
  • Dunbar was booked into the Bexar County jail on $40,000 bond, and no additional suspects or related incidents have been reported.