Posted on 05/17/2015 2:36:49 PM PDT by kristinn
***Officers said there were multiple types of weapons used, including guns, chains, knives, bats and clubs.***
***“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.”***
UPDATE, 4:00 p.m.(CDT): At least nine people are confirmed dead in a shooting around noon Sunday at Twin Peaks restaurant, said Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton. All of the fatalities are members of biker gangs. No patrons, servers or less enforcement officials were killed, Swanton said.
There is a very significant increase in law enforcement in McLennan County right now, Swanton said. Local, county, state and federal agencies are involved in investigations.
DPS and intelligence agents were working on the investigation long before today and Waco police have been aware of the inquest for more than a month, said Swanton.
Twin Peaks and Don Carlos were closed down after the shooting, and witnesses are being questioned on the scene and at the police department, according to the sergeant.
“The management wanted them here,” Swanton said of Twin Peaks officials. “Management knew that there were issues, and we were here, but they continued to let those groups of people into their business.”
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There were at least three rival gangs on the scene when the shooting occurred, Swanton said.
At least 12 Waco officers, including a SWAT team, and other DPS troopers were at Twin Peaks or in the immediate area when the incident broke out.
Waco police officers moved in and did fire rounds during the incident, Swanton said, praising their quick response.
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Gun Fight at the Twin Peaks Corral!
If anyone here lives in the Waco area, cops are worried about retaliation and that more biker gangs are gonna show up for a gunfight
I’m guessing these weren’t the lawyers and attorneys and accountants who put on their leathers and ride their
Harleys on the weekends...
ping
All the dead were bikers and no one else injured. Sounds like a win-win! Can they repeat that feat? Let’s hope so. Maybe next time they can invite some islamists to add to the flavour of the festivities.
Sounds like your typical day in Chicago
This is on the south end of the big mall in Waco. The Cabelas and Best Buy are within walking distance.
Lots of Sunday family traffic in that area at noon. I thought the biker trash had their shootouts after midnight?
Another reason I don’t go to Twin Peaks. The other reason is Mrs. Frog won’t let me.
Early bird .38 special...
Same here, Casa Garcia’s is about as wild as it gets around here. If you order the extra queso.
So what the word on the street Texans
Is just shooting involving Son of anarchy gang members or something much bigger
if the biker gangs ever become angry with anyone other than themselves that could be big trouble cause sounds and reads as though they shoot fairly straight at their target(s)
PING!
This is serious. Better call in Agent Dale Cooper...
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