- Christopher Cayce, 34, was arrested on July 1, 2026, after investigators linked him to multiple incidents in which he targeted homeless and disabled people with a high-powered, motorized water gun and posted the footage online.
- The two formal assault counts he faces are connected to a June 4 incident involving two men. Despite the repeated nature of the attacks, his bond was set at just $100 per charge.
- Cayce spoke to reporters after his arrest and claimed the attacks were content strategy, saying his social media algorithm rewarded the footage and that he prays before going out to shoot people with the water gun.
HOUSTON, TEXAS — Two months after an elderly man was left bloodied and hospitalized after being brutally attacked by two strangers who walked away laughing in downtown Seattle, another case of a vulnerable person being targeted in public for someone else's entertainment is making national headlines. This time, the weapon was a water gun. The victims were homeless and disabled people on the streets of Houston. And the whole thing was filmed for views.
Months of Drive-By Attacks for Content
According to the Houston Police Department, Cayce had been driving through southwest Houston and Midtown for months — dating back to at least last summer — pulling up on homeless and disabled people and hitting them with blasts from a high-powered, motorized water gun. Then he filmed the whole thing and posted it to social media.
This was not a Super Soaker. A motorized water gun discharges a sustained, forceful jet of water rather than a single short burst, which is what led investigators to treat the attacks as criminal assault rather than a prank. HPD said the water was fired with enough pressure to cause bodily injuries to the victims.
Videos posted to Facebook showed Cayce driving through the city and soaking people near bus stops, while they were sleeping on the sidewalk, or simply walking by. In one video, he lures a woman to his car window with money — then blasts her in the face. In another, he throws food at a man before hitting him with the gun.
The footage racked up thousands of likes. The investigation was handled by HPD's Major Offenders Division with help from the Westside Crime Suppression Team.
Arrested, Released, and Already Talking
Cayce was arrested on July 1 and charged with two counts of assault causing bodily injury — both misdemeanors — connected to a June 4 attack on two men. Court records show his bond was set at $100 per charge, meaning he walked out of Harris County Jail for $200. He also picked up two traffic violations at the time of booking: operating a vehicle without a license plate and illegal window tint.
He was released on bond and almost immediately started talking.
Cayce sat down with ABC13 after his arrest and his explanation was something. He insisted that the water guns were set to their lowest power setting. He said he prays before going out. And he pushed back on the idea that he targeted homeless people specifically.
"In my videos, I don't just shoot homeless people," he told ABC13.
He acknowledged referring to his victims as "zombies" in some posts, but said it was not meant literally. "I'm not calling them zombies because that's what they are. It's all commentary for the content. It's not what I really truly mean. I love everybody genuinely."
He also pointed reporters to his YouTube channel, where a video posted five months ago shows him feeding homeless people with his daughter.
"I feed these people," he said. "I gave these people $500 worth of clothes. I don't post all my positive stuff 'cause it don't get views. My channel algorithm was me shooting people with water guns."
A $200 Bond and a July 9 Court Date
Cayce is due in court on July 9. He told reporters he is done with the water gun videos — not necessarily by choice.
"They took all my water guns," he said. "You can go buy more easily, but I told them I'm done with it. I'm not gonna shoot nobody no more."
The HPD investigation remains open. With multiple incidents documented across several months of social media footage, investigators have said additional charges are possible as the case develops.
For the people on the receiving end of those blasts — sleeping on a sidewalk, sitting at a bus stop, or just walking down Bissonnet — none of Cayce's explanations change what happened. They were targeted because they were there, they were vulnerable, and because someone decided that was worth filming.
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