‘It was a setup’: Warring biker gangs ‘planned Waco deadly parking lot gun battle’ as police say confrontation that killed nine and led to 170 arrests left ‘most violent crime scene’ they’ve ever seen
One gang ‘ambushed the other’ at recruitment event hosted by Twin Peaks Bar and Grill in Waco, Texas on Sunday afternoon and witnesses said the confrontation looked like a setup
The Waco Police Department said that 170 people had been arrested and will face organized crime charges
It started as a physical fight and escalated to involve chains, knives and guns
Diners and employees scrambled for shelter in the freezer as more than 100 rounds were fired
8 bikers died at the scene and a 9th in hospital, another 18 bikers were hospitalized, no civilians were injured
Police were monitoring the meeting outside but said owners refused to cooperate with them until shooting started
Twin Peaks insists they had ‘positive communication with the police’ but the police said that was nonsense
By MIA DE GRAAF
DAILYMAIL.COM
18 May 2015
The bloody confrontation between five biker gangs that left nine members dead and 18 others seriously injured at a Waco, Texas restaurant was planned by at least one of the gangs, it has emerged.
What started as a physical fight in the bathroom at the Twin Peaks Bar and Grill around 12.15pm spilled out into the bar and rapidly escalated to involve chains, clubs, knives and gunfire on a quiet strip. Employees and diners, including young children, scrambled and many took shelter in the freezer as hundreds of gang members ran rampage around the booths, according to KXXV.
In the parking lot, a SWAT team shot dead at least one biker and surrounded the rest. When the shooting ended, bodies were scattered across the tarmac and cars were riddled with bullet holes. On Monday, police said 170 people had been arrested on organized crime charges in relation to capital murder.
‘In 34 years of law enforcement, this is the worst crime scene, the most violent crime scene that I have been involved in,’ Waco police Sgt W Patrick Swanton said at a Sunday press conference. ‘There were dead everywhere, blood everywhere.’
He also turned on the restaurant, Twin Peaks, for failing to let officers in to monitor the situation.
‘If you have a police department asking for your assistance as a business, you ought to pay attention to that,’ he said on Monday. ‘If you don’t bad things can happen, as evidenced here today.’
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