Posted on 05/20/2015 8:39:04 AM PDT by Enlightened1
A fight that escalated to gunfire between rival biker gangs in a Waco, Texas, restaurant parking lot today left nine people dead, police said.
Eighteen people were taken from the scene to hospitals, mostly for gunshot and stab wounds, Waco Police Sgt. Patrick Swanton said at a news conference. Everyone involved was a gang member, police said.
The violence began as a fight between "criminal biker gangs" at the Twin Peaks Restaurant in the Central Texas Market Place early this afternoon, Swanton said. The fight then spilled into the parking lot where gang members fired at each other, Swanton said.
"As that fight progressed, it progressed very rapidly from hands and feet as weapons to chains," he said. "My understanding a club was involved and knives were involved."
Officers were at the scene when the shooting started, police said, and some officers fired at the bikers. No officers were injured, police said.
Witnesses reported hearing as many as 100 rounds fired from 30 guns.
Police closed the entire Central Texas Market Place shopping area, saying that there was a danger of more violence.
"It is still not totally secure because of the intel that we're getting of individuals wanting to do some payback," he said.
Over the past few months, he says they were aware of rival biker gangs causing issues at the Twin Peaks restaurant.
"We have attempted to work with the local management of Twin Peaks to get that cut back to no avail," he said. "They have not been of much assistance to us."
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Awwwww, you feel bad for the outlaw bikers who deal drugs to kids, sell guns to criminals, and funnel money to illegals and terrorists?
M-4’s are select fire and fitted with a 14.5” barrel,the posted picture does appear to have a sear pin (which would be directly above the safety selector) and the barrel also appears to be 16” judging by the fact that the hand guard is long enough to cover the gas block. I would suggest that the picture is of a civilian AR-15 type carbine, and not an M4.
“We”, as in Americans.
You know...those weird people who believe in the constitution and due process?
Oh, wait.
Silly me.
I forgot.
They were just scummy bikers who had it coming.
Before you mouth off, you should research what is being put out by people who were actually there.
How many people did bikers kill in Waco?
I’ll wait.
I initially thought all those shot were shot by other gang members.
Seriously?
A semantic ‘Schrodinger’s cat’ is your answer/excuse for what he said?
Seriously??
And all cell phones confiscated.
No video leaking.
No, they have not.
You are having a Baltimore flashback.
From those who were actually there, no bikers killed by bikers.
None.
It being kept quiet. I would like to know what happened. Bikers dont usually go this extreme. Did the police start shooting and escalate the situation ?
This doesnt seem right.
Dont go overboard. The dont give money to terrorist. Most bikers are very patriotic.
Do you know what is happening this very weekend?
Unlike every president before him, Obeyme does not attend, speak at or even acknowledge this event.
Unlike the hundreds of thousands who ride in this, he despises the military and no doubt, the bikers who support them.
Suspicious timing, IMO.
OFFS, put away your SOA DVDs and come back to the real world.
We’ll even hold the door open for you.
There’s a difference between biker clubs and biker gangs.....a club doesn’t have turf wars as we see playing out in Texas between these rival groups.
Loud pipes save lives (two-wheelers). Had a friend get killed on 635 because elderly driver did not see nor hear him.
That is not what this was.
Wake up.
That's nothing. Motorcycles were never a bother with me.
The only noise most are subjected to are those being forced to listen to their neighbors endless illegal alien blowers and mowers on a daily basis. That's enough to drive people to mass murder.
I’m not saying they hand money to ISIS. But lots of revenue from illegal activities, especially in the Southwest, finds its way out of the country. And overseas. I’m sure the dots could be connected. As much as they may love the red, white, and blue, they love green more.
Believe it or not, that is a state Trooper. One supposedly gets picked for that job.
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