KXAN – by Patrick Tolbert and Jackie Vega
WACO, Texas (KXAN) — Some 192 people have been arrested and charged with engaging in organized crime in connection to the deadly shooting that broke out between five biker gangs at a Twin Peaks in Waco. Under a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission mandate, the restaurant is shut down for the next seven days as the investigation continues early Monday morning into the shooting that left nine people dead and at least 18 people injured — an investigation that has included biker gang death threats made against uniformed officers.
“Threats have been made to kill our uniformed officers,” said Waco Police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton early Monday morning, who added that the people arrested could be looking at capital murder charges. “This was a true gang fight.”
Swanton said local, state and federal officers are prepared if the biker gangs decide to act on those threats. Meanwhile, authorities continue to comb through evidence that spans a Central Texas shopping center, much of which is closed Monday morning due to the amount of evidence they have to go through. Some 50 weapons — including knives, brass knuckles, chains and clubs — have been recovered from the scene so far.
It started with a fist fight in the bathroom of the restaurant near the intersection of Interstate 35 and State Highway 6 Sunday afternoon in Waco. It spilled into the bar, where it quickly escalated into knife fight — and then out into the parking lot where a gun battle raged between five different biker gangs and heavily armed police.
Waco police are questioning hundreds of people.
“In 34 years of law enforcement, this is the most violent crime scene I have ever been involved in,” Swanton said. “There is blood everywhere.”
The altercation between biker gangs began just as churchgoers arrived at the Central Texas Marketplace for Sunday Lunch.
Waco police were already on scene when the violence broke out. Officers say bikers were attacking one another with chains, knives, bats, clubs, and firearms.
“These are officers that ran into gunfire to protect our citizens, and they — without a doubt — did a hell of a job doing that yesterday, and we’re very proud of them. And again, we think that saved numerous lives,” said Swanton.
It is still unclear if those killed and injured were hit by police gunfire or gunfire from the bikers involved.
“What I want you all to understand: This is not a bunch of doctors and dentists and lawyers riding Harleys,” said Swanton on Sunday afternoon. “These are criminals on Harley-Davidsons that are members of a criminal biker gang, and we know who they are. We know which clubs that they’re with.”
Meanwhile, the shopping center is shut down from Cabela’s to Best Buy. The shopping center is open for business starting from Kohl’s.
http://kxan.com/2015/05/17/fatal-shooting-at-twin-peaks-in-waco/
“These are officers that ran into gunfire to protect our citizens, and they — without a doubt — did a hell of a job doing that yesterday, and we’re very proud of them. And again, we think that saved numerous lives,” said Swanton.
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Sell it Mr Swanton
If the bikers were armed with guns, why would they be fighting with brass knuckles, chains, and knives? (kind of like the old joke about bringing a knife to a gun fight — I doubt the bikers were that stupid).
I think they may have been brawling with these lesser weapons, and the cops just decided to mow them down with bullets. The cops may have had the ONLY guns at the scene, and they may have created this mess to justify rounding them all up under RICO laws.
Like it or not, biker gangs are militia units, who make easy law enforcement targets of themselves.
The RICO laws are the key here. Wearing colors while simultaneously carrying a gun is going to bring trouble. Especially when riding in a group. This sounds like the old days, with the primary
chains, switchblades, and brass knuckles…I’m sorry, but this isn’t 1958, with James Dean and Marlin Brando, so why do they want to
make it look like that? I can smell the stench all the way up here in Oregon…Good comment Jolly Roger, as well as the other commenters. That’s why I love this site.
If you have a Motorcycle registered, even a dirtbike, or you have a motorcycle endorsement on your license you’re automatically considered a gang member and put on a federal watch list as such. My Vulcan makes me a gangmember. So these policy enforcers are no doubt now gathering up everybody’s personal property (harleys and parts) ready to divvy it up amongst themselves. No doubt there are some large cop drug parties going to be going on for a while too. I grew up with bikers, all kinds and know they just love freedom mostly, there are some real bad men but nobody I ever met was looking to be part of a massive brawl with stupid ass cops. This is so obviously a setup, it’s almost insulting to read.
“Doug Greeness, a biker from Belton, Texas was near the scene Sunday evening. He said he’s a member of a family riding club and was waiting for friends to be released from custody so he could return home.
Greeness, who was not inside the restaurant when the melee broke out, described the event as a meeting of a biker association called the Texas Confederation of Clubs and Independents. He said the group meets to ‘discuss issues within the biker community.'”
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Waco-Police-Investigate-Multiple-Fatal-Shootings-304048131.html
The cops knew exactly when and where this meeting was going to happen. It was clearly posted on their Calendar of events. Here is their website:
http://txcocinews.org
Probably nothing to do with it, but it is odd this starts close to time for jade helm exercise.
“Some 192 people have been arrested and charged with engaging in organized crime in connection to the deadly shooting that broke out between five biker gangs at a Twin Peaks in Waco.”
192 people? You’re telling me that the police who most likely had 20 officers or 50 at the most were able to arrest 192 people at once? Yea……tell me another one. Either that or those 192 people were idiots or this whole story is full of shit.
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