Inset: Christopher Stowe (Bexar County Jail). Background: A tourist barge is guided under a bridge along the River Walk, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in San Antonio (AP Photo/Eric Gay).

According to court documents, Stowe is charged with making terroristic threats. Local news outlets, including CBS affiliate KENS and NBC affiliate WOAI, have reported that Stowe called the San Antonio Police Department’s Tip411 line repeatedly on Thanksgiving Day, leaving multiple messages over several hours, from 1 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.

In one of the messages, Stowe reportedly declared, “I’m done and I’m going to do a mass shooting. I don’t want to, but years of anger and dealing with unruly people have finally f—ing done it. I’m going to kill people unless the police kill me first.”

The threats specifically targeted San Antonio’s renowned River Walk and a San Antonio Spurs basketball game, causing alarm and prompting a swift response from law enforcement.

Stowe threatened a mass shooting at San Antonio’s famed River Walk and a San Antonio Spurs NBA basketball game.

“My body count is hopefully gonna be over 100,” he reportedly said. “This is not a threat. This is a promise.”

He proclaimed himself to be the “next mass shooter.”

“I’m gonna kill a lot of f—ing people,” he said, per the complaint.

Cops tracked the messages to Stowe’s phone. Investigators reportedly determined the messages were “threatening in nature” and “caused reasonable fear of serious bodily injury and/or death” to the public.

Stowe was arrested on Saturday and taken to the Bexar County Jail where he has since posted a $50,000 bond. His next court hearing is set for Feb. 25.