Murder Charges Filed In 2015 Texas Biker Shootout That Left 9 Dead (Waco)

dfw.cbslocal.com ^ | 5/9/2018

[Elderberry]

Three bikers were indicted on murder charges Wednesday stemming from a 2015 shooting involving police outside a Waco restaurant, including a prominent member of the Bandidos motorcycle club.

The indictment marks the first murder charges in the Texas case and comes just eight days before the statute of limitations runs out. More than 20 other bikers were re-indicted on new charges ranging from rioting to tampering with evidence.

Police arrested nearly 200 bikers following the shooting at a Twin Peaks restaurant that left nine people dead and 20 injured. Investigators say the incident was sparked by rivalries between the Bandidos and Cossacks motorcycle clubs. Waco police officers monitoring the gathering also fired on the bikers.

Surveillance video from the Twin Peaks shootout shows biker gang members shooting guns, taking cover inside the restaurant and running from gun shots. More than 430 weapons were recovered from the crime scene, including 151 firearms.

Jeff Battey is among the three Bandidos members charged with murder. His attorney didn’t immediately return a message from The Associated Press.

According to Waco police incident reports reviewed by The AP, Battey, a former Marine, and another Bandido charged with murder Wednesday, Ray Allen, were seen “triangulated” over Matthew Smith, a Cossack who died at the scene from gunshot wounds. The third Bandido member indicted Wednesday was Glenn Walker.

[PAR35]

None of this is covered by the state.

Not accurate. Gov. Abbott has given the county about $1 million in state taxpayer money to cover costs.

[raiderboy]

Of his own money? absurd. He doesn’t just write checks out of state funds. There is an actual legislative process for spending in Texas. I just don’t think that is true at all.

[PAR35]

Do your homework. Or I’ll do it for you.

County accepts $646,000 Twin Peaks reimbursement from state
“ which came from the County Essential Services program, part of the governor’s criminal justice division.” (Note: Abbott is the Governor).
“McLennan County received $268,527 in October 2016”
[April, 2018]
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/twin-peaks-biker-shooting/county-accepts-twin-peaks-reimbursement-from-state/article_651d066f-1694-5598-b8ee-f499750fa2bf.html

So non-Texans can share in the pain:
“the city has gotten an almost $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.”
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/twin-peaks-biker-shooting/city-county-get-more-than-to-cover-twin-peaks-shootout/article_345fab39-127e-51a1-81a6-7c469bb64180.html

The city may have gotten some separate funding. And I recall an early, smaller grant to the county which I can’t locate this evening.

In any event, just shy of $1 million at $914,527 from Abbott’s office, and another approximate quarter of a million from the federal taxpayers, bringing it up over $1.2 million from Abbott and Sessions.

[raiderboy]

Thanks. Didn’t know that. That is a drop of rain on that fiasco but you are right. Other cities will now line up