A lone-wolf extremist plotted a bloody, armed assault on the Texas State Capitol before SWAT cops and federal agents arrested him at his doorstep, authorities revealed Thursday.
Benny Caldera Jr., 40, was nabbed by Texas DPS SWAT officers at 3 a.m. Wednesday at his home in Converse, just outside San Antonio. Law enforcement swooped in after receiving a chilling tip that the suspect was planning to “shoot up” the statehouse in Austin.
Before his arrest, an unnerved friend of Caldera’s told investigators that Calder …