KWTX 10 – by Lauren Partain, Carlos Garcia and Brandon Marshall
WACO: (May 17, 2015) Three rival motorcycle gangs turned a local restaurant into a shooting gallery Sunday afternoon and when the gunfire was over, nine people were dead and several were injured.
Waco police Sunday afternoon, assisted by Department of Public Safety troopers, police officers from several cities and deputies from the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office were surrounding the Twin Peaks Restaurant, in the Central Texas Market Place after several people were reported shot during a rival motorcycle gang fight, Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said.
Police and troopers were in the parking lot trying to secure the area and protect citizens when a fight broke out inside the restaurant and spilled into the parking lot.
Swanton said the fight quickly escalated from fists and feet to chains, clubs and knives, then to gunfire.
Gang members were shooting at each other and officers at the scene fired their weapons, as well, Swanton said.
The scene at the Market Place between Don Carlos and Twin Peaks was absolute chaos, Swanton said.
The victims were taken by ambulance to Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest Medical Center, which later was placed on lock down, but officials at Hillcrest said they had no comment.
He also said police have been trying to work with management at Twin Peaks for several weeks but have been thwarted in their efforts to avoid a situation like happened Sunday afternoon.
A witness who was having lunch across the parking lot at Don Carlos Mexican Restaurant said he and his family had just finished eating and walked into the parking lot when they heard several gunshots and saw wounded being taken from the fight scene.
“We crouched down in front of our pick-up truck because that was the only cover we had,” the man, who asked not to be identified, said.
He and his family were travelling to Selina, Kansas and decided to stop for lunch.
He said he saw several wounded men being treated.
He also said there were several police officers at the scene and ambulances were responding to the scene to aid those hit by gunfire.
At about 2 p.m. a second crime scene was being investigated at the Waco Convention Center but only very few details were known about the situation there.
One law enforcement spokesman said there were several armed officers and EMS units on the scene and Washington Avenue and University Parks Drive in that area had been closed.
A News 10 photographer who was at the convention center said he witnessed several men being arrested there.
Officers also were en route to the Flying J Truck Stop, at New Road and Interstate 35 because a large number of bikers had been seen gathering there.
Swanton said the scene at Twin Peaks is “as secure as it can be right now,” Swanton said, but police are concerned that groups who were involved in the first incident may be moving to other locations in and around Waco where more violence could erupt.
Swanton said citizens should avoid the area until an all clear can be issued.
The Interstate 35 exit onto Loop 340 southbound is closed, as is the access road that runs alongside the Interstate.
“We have multiple medical and law enforcement resources in the area who are dealing with the issue,” Swanton said.
Ambulances from West, Limestone and Coryell counties were at the scene to assist local EMS units.
Trouble at Twin Peaks among rival bikers had been brewing for some time, District Attorney Abel Reyna told News 10 about two weeks ago.
Reyna said local police were on heightened alert in anticipation of trouble on Thursday nights, when Twin Peaks hosts a Biker Night.
Reyna said some weeks ago trouble erupted between two local motorcycle gangs and that spilled over into gangs from the Dallas-Fort Worth area showing up to support the local groups.
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Waco-Shooting-Near-Twin-Peaks-In-Waco-304043711.html
You beat me to it Mark W. LOL 😀 Like minds. 😉
Update:
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/breaking-multiple-people-killed-injured-in-biker-gang-shooting-at/article_37addf70-e4e5-505a-98b4-ecbef08a2a87.html
I’ve read (from some who lost loved ones there) that the Bandidos and Cossacks were the main ones… but other clubs (the Scimitars) were included and that most of the Bikers were shot by Cops.
“Police have also been making arrests around Waco of suspected motorcycle gang members, and charging them with engaging in organized crime. Police say bikers from across the state could be flocking to Waco. They have upped presence even more in Waco and McLennan County.”
http://www.kxxv.com/story/29085892/police-respond-to-shooting-between-biker-gangs-at-restaurant
Remember now Angel-NYC, demonize the Motorcycle Gangs and glorify the cops who apparently were responsible for most gunshot victims. Good ole “Johnny Law” there to keep things from escalading.
Yup. Notice how Johnny Law was there/set up before the fist fight made it to the parking lot.
Now, they have an excuse to harass/arrest anyone riding a Bike. Plus, Bloomie’s Moms will have a field day.
Oh yes Angel-NYC, Bloomberg’s minions will be on this story like stink on shit. Of course they will blame guns instead of the people behind them even though most of the shooting victims were police imposed.
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo is jumping into the conversation. He posted the following on Twitter Sunday night:
“Waco today was textbook example of societal problem & illustrates need to give law enforcement tools to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.”
http://kxan.com/2015/05/17/fatal-shooting-at-twin-peaks-in-waco/
Hey Angel! 🙂
“Gang members were shooting at each other and officers at the scene fired their weapons, as well, Swanton said.”
idiots.
Should have been shooting at the pigs as soon as they showed up.
Should be shooting at them before they got there.
Much rather have seen 9 dead pigs than bikers.
What is it with Waco?
Yea, my thoughts exactly. That town seems as brainwashed with mind-controlled idiots and cults as Temple, TX.
Something sounds fishy.
Yup.
One witness described the dangerous, chaotic scene as something akin to a war zone.
“There were maybe 30 guns being fired in the parking lot, maybe 100 rounds,” said Michelle Logan, 37, who was at Twin Peaks at the time of the shooting and said she knows some of the victims.
“They just opened fire.”
Logan said she saw several people injured by the shooting.
“There’s a lot of people in the hospital, a lot of people shot,” she said, adding that people scattered after the shooting began.
The incident did not appear to be random, Logan said.
“It was a set up,” she said.
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/breaking-multiple-people-killed-injured-in-biker-gang-shooting-at/article_37addf70-e4e5-505a-98b4-ecbef08a2a87.html
Police said they showed up because: ” were surrounding the Twin Peaks Restaurant, in the Central Texas Market Place after several people (b)were reported shot(B) during a rival motorcycle gang fight, Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said. ”
Yet they waited to until officers from several other cities and jurisdictions showed up??
And:
“A witness who was having lunch across the parking lot at Don Carlos Mexican Restaurant said he and his family had just finished eating and walked into the parking lot when they heard several gunshots and saw wounded being taken from the fight scene.” Meaning leo was already there.
And:
“Central Texas Marketplace was closed entirely Sunday because of additional bikers coming to the scene, including the three arrested earlier.”
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/breaking-multiple-people-killed-injured-in-biker-gang-shooting-at/article_37addf70-e4e5-505a-98b4-ecbef08a2a87.html
Yet this only happened at lunch today? If it has been closed all day they preemptively closed it.
I’d bet five zollars nobody was shooting until the pigs started shooting. Just like with the Branch Davidians. The media is already in spin mode.
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Have you ever seen that here? LMAO!
Hate it when that happens… LOL.
As usual, the Zionist news is publishing fiction, and the truth is squeezed out in the comments section. Thanks for reporting the news, Angel-NYC.
It sounds like this might escalate, and there may even be some biker revenge against cops. (or maybe that’s just wishful thinking)
I worked oil refineries for years…A lot of HA’s worked in the pipe trades, and we all worked side by side. These guys were generally good hands, and put in a good days work…Most are veterans that have been in battle zones. Something isn’t right here. The old fashioned “rumble” ain’t happening. RICO
laws changed things. The clubs KNOW that! Something’s ROTTEN in DENMARK…
yeah, I have to agree, Alf. This story did seem a little bizarre for our times. I’m sure we still don’t know half the truth, but we’re a little closer than the news brought us.
anybody remember the film “assault on precinct 13” 🙂
it started like this.
If organized crime means child and human trafficking than let the bullets fly.
Knives, chains, bats, 9 killed….where’s the blood?
A fistfight in a parking lot leaves blood.
Where is the blood?!?!?
so which biker gang were the cops shooting at? that should tell us plenty. if true, my guess would be NOT the skinheads. and if this is staged so help me.
and it just so happens to be kick started in texas. imagine that.
They did manage 192 arrests (they claim, anyway) out of the ‘deal’, Henry.
Hmmmm…
They’ve got to be the cleanest looking biker gang dudes that I’ve ever seen. Their clothes and colors are so fresh and new looking. No dirt, grime, or fading. So bright and vivid. And the bikers themselves………..look like cops out of uniform. Not like bikers.
The first thing I thought of when I heard this is what happened in Chicago recently where 3 gangs were coming together/putting their differences aside to protect their turfs from outsiders coming in to cause problems. The Official LEO statements were that gangs had threatened to shoot police. The video on FTT showed these gang leaders refuting the ‘Official’ media report. Soooo I’m thinking that maybe that is what was happening with 5 gangs coming together. If that is so and they were surveiled beforehand, then their meeting was ambushed. Since, 10 K was spent to have LEO there beforehand that seems to me to be at least suspect and at worst Murder of people who had their guard down.