About 170 people have been arrested on suspicion of engaging in organized crime after a Sunday bloodbath at a Waco, Texas, restaurant involving rival biker gang members and then a shootout with police that left nine dead and at least 18 wounded, authorities said. The shootings are being investigated as capital murder because of the number of people killed, said Waco Police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton. No one has been charged with murder yet. The bikers were “not here to drink beer and eat barbecue,” Swanton said. “They came with violence in mind.” “This is Anytown, USA. This can happen in any town across the USA,” Swanton said at a midday briefing at the shopping center that turned into a bloody arena when members from five motorcycle gangs fought with knives, clubs and guns. “Unfortunately, they chose a Sunday in Waco, Texas,” he said. Read more http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-waco-biker-gang-deaths-20150518-story.html#page=1
