New Braunfels man pleads guilty after FBI stops plan to attack Buc-ee’s, two high schools

SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — A plot to attack a business and two high schools in New Braunfels never unfolded, thanks to the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.

KENS 5 is reporting on court documents that show 20-year-old Cameron Darrick Peterson had been planning a mass shooting for about two years.

His plan was to attack the Buc-ee’s location in New Braunfels as well as the two high schools.

There’s reportedly video of Peterson talking to his girlfriend about the attack. In the video, he is said to have claimed the attack on Buc-ee’s would have been a distraction.

Peterson reportedly tried to buy a 12-gauge shotgun from a New Braunfels pawn show in January of this year, but because of his age and the weapon he was trying to buy, his purchase was denied.

He went back to the pawn shop at the end of May and was denied again.

The following month, the FBI obtained an arrest warrant and after taking Peterson into custody, they searched his home. That’s where they found an “altered” .22 caliber long-rifle and several loaded magazines.

While he was in jail, Peterson was overheard telling someone to get rid of a videotape he made in which he described his attack plan.

In the days that followed, agents searched Peterson’s social media account where he had commented about his plan to attack a gas station. They also went back to his home where they found what agents call “ingredients to manufacture destructive devices”, and an ‘Improvised Explosive Device”.

He pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of attempt to receive firearm to use to commit a felony.

Peterson is scheduled to be sentenced in February of 2025.