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topicnews · July 17, 2025

Teen that was accused of having planned the attack on July 4th

Teen that was accused of having planned the attack on July 4th


The teenager, who was accused of having planned an attack on July 4, had “highly sensitive explosives” of terrorists.

According to a court document received from ABC 7 News, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Hexamin, hydrogen peroxide and citric acid found in the house of 18-year-old Kevin Alexander Hunt in Canyon.

In the document, DPS said that Hunt “had the chemicals with the intention of combining the components into an explosive weapon”, which is known as HMTD.

The National Conterrorism Center, the Ministry of Homeland Security and the FBI said, HMTD, which is “interested in terrorists”, was “generally easy to detonate and possibly be used in improvised detonators”.

When ABC 7 News reported for the first time on Saturday when we broke the story, DPS learned about the plot and put a GPS tracker on his SUV.

According to a source, DPS noticed that Hunt repeats the route for the parade on July 4th in Canyon.

They arrested him on July 2 on VfW Road and Tatum Schulte Lane and approached his SUV with pulled weapons.

According to a source, Hunt had traveled through Amarillo and Canyon to buy an AR-15, but could not do so.

Then he bought magazines for an AR-15 and hoped to get a assault rifle.

He also bought a few ammunition.

On the day of the parade, the police police were put in alarm care if the Hunt did not act alone.

DPS is expected to publish information about the case this week.