Police in Waco, Tex., announced Monday that they have arrested 192 people following a spasm of biker-gang violence that left nine people dead over the weekend...Offered without comment, and I'll close reader comments for this post because I already know what they will be.
The confrontation began about noon Sunday in the Twin Peaks restroom and quickly escalated from hands and feet to knives and chains and then gunfire as it spilled into the crowded parking lot...
Swanton called it “one of the worst gun fights we’ve ever had in the city limits. They started shooting at our officers.” The officers returned fire, Swanton said, and some armed bikers were shot by police. Swanton defended the officers’ actions and said they prevented more deaths...
Another witness, Michelle Logan, told the Tribune-Herald: “There were maybe 30 guns being fired in the parking lot, maybe 100 rounds...
Randy DeWitt, chief executive of Twin Peaks, described the restaurant on the show as “a high-energy mountain-themed sports bar.” “We have an expression at Twin Peaks,” he adds: “It’s a place where you can let your man out.”
18 May 2015
"Biker gang shootout" in Texas
As reported by the Washington Post: