A 20-year-old man is facing a third-degree felony charge after authorities say he repeatedly drove past federal agents outside a Homeland Security Investigations office in Castle Hills, yelling profanities and, at one point, “I'll shoot you.” Josue David Pineda Munoz was arrested on August 20 and booked into the Bexar County Jail on the terroristic threat charge before posting a $25,000 bond and being released to await court proceedings.
The confrontation happened around 3 p.m. on June 28 outside the HSI office in the 1000 block of Jackson Keller Road, according to WOAI. Four ICE agents were unloading body armor and firearms from a vehicle at the time, per the San Antonio Express-News, which reported that the office sits in Castle Hills, a small municipality enclosed by San Antonio that serves as a primary HSI hub for Central and South Texas.
A red 2017 Honda CR-V drove through the area and made a U-turn before approaching the officers again, the station's report indicates. During a second pass, the driver held a dark-colored object toward the agents that officers initially believed could be a weapon, according to the affidavit cited by WOAI. Agents took cover and drew their agency-issued sidearms, fearing an immediate threat of gunfire, before realizing the object was a cellphone.
Five Passes and a Thrown Object
The Honda kept coming back. Investigators say the vehicle made additional U-turns at Blanco and Jackson Keller roads and passed the officers a total of five times, with the driver yelling profanities and the threat to shoot them. At some point during the passes, an object was thrown toward the officers that investigators later determined to be a clear plastic water bottle.
Officers were in the middle of completing fugitive-apprehension operations when the encounter unfolded, and investigators say Pineda Munoz's actions caused them to redirect attention away from that operation. Authorities allege the conduct placed officers in fear of imminent serious bodily injury and disrupted the activities of a federal government agency — the elements needed to elevate the charge to a felony.
No Traffic Stop, but a Two-Month Manhunt
Despite the tense standoff, officers did not detain the driver at the scene and did not conduct a traffic stop, instead obtaining the vehicle's license plate as the Honda left the area. Investigators traced the vehicle to its registered owner and, according to KENS 5, used surveillance footage, driver's license photos and social media images to build their case before two ICE officers identified Pineda Munoz from a photo lineup as the driver.
Pineda Munoz is now charged with terroristic threat, a third-degree felony under Texas Penal Code Section 22.07(e) when the conduct is committed with intent to influence the conduct of a federal agency. The statute carries a punishment range of two to ten years in state prison and a fine of up to $10,000, and it applies regardless of whether anyone was physically injured, per FindLaw's summary of the Texas Penal Code. Prosecutors do not need to prove Pineda Munoz had the actual capability or intent to carry out a shooting — only that the threat was made to instill fear or disrupt official operations, according to the Law Office of E. Jason Leach.
A Facility With a History of Threats
This is not the first security scare at the Jackson Keller Road building. The same HSI office was evacuated in December 2025 after receiving an envelope containing a suspicious powder, triggering a hazmat response and an FBI investigation into threats against federal personnel, according to a report from WOAI.
The alleged threat also lands amid a documented surge in hostility toward immigration agents nationwide. The Department of Homeland Security reported in October 2025 that assaults on ICE personnel had risen more than 1,000 percent nationally, and the agency called on media and public officials to reduce hostile rhetoric toward its workforce. Federal prosecutors in Oregon, Oklahoma and Florida have separately pursued cases against people accused of threatening to shoot ICE agents on social media, underscoring how aggressively such threats are now being prosecuted across the country.
San Antonio's ICE and HSI footprint has also been expanding. Property filings in May showed the agency was seeking roughly 65,000 square feet of additional office space in the metro area to support a projected 120 percent workforce expansion, with officials citing security concerns for withholding specific addresses. The case adds to a string of recent local flashpoints, including Hoodline's coverage of a San Antonio man jailed on a separate felony threat charge involving city officials just two days before Pineda Munoz's case became public.
