Not Maine
Posted on 04/22/2005 2:48:42 AM PDT by MisterRepublican
PORTLAND, Maine — Portland police fear that a shooting this week at a tattoo parlor may have been the prelude to a turf war among motorcycle gangs and are planning a crackdown in hopes of preventing further violence.
Police Chief Michael Chitwood said he is boosting patrols in anticipation of a retaliatory attack following the shooting Tuesday of a 58-year-old Denmark man at the Portland Tattoo Shop. The bullet grazed the victim's groin before passing through his leg.
Police believe the shooting was a premeditated attack by members of the Outlaws motorcycle gang on a group believed to be allied with Hell's Angels.
"We're not going to let them come in and shoot up our city," Chitwood told reporters Wednesday. "It endangers an entire community."
The last time motorcycle gang rivalries flared, Portland police responded with a major increase in downtown patrols. For the most part, the conflict passed.
Chitwood said Tuesday's early afternoon attack appears to signal that the Outlaws are trying to expand their dominance into Maine.
A group of motorcyclists wearing Outlaws insignia on their clothing confronted three men wearing insignia of the Vietnam Vets Motorcycle Club, according to police. There was an argument, followed by a fistfight and then a gunshot. Chitwood said there is no indication that the victim knew his attackers.
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The Iron Horseman / Red and White bar in Portland is Angies on Commercial next door to the SailLoft. Pretty fun bar though especially when Susie 'Q" was bartending there
I take it that the Outlaws atttacked the Vietnam Vets/Legacy MC boys. As an aside, I have always thought it rather dumb to have a club that is self limiting like that and I suppose that's the reason for the Legacy Vets MC
Not Maine
Is this anywhere else?
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