50 Weapons Found at Waco Crime Scene

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Source-Deccan Chronicle
Texas law enforcement authorities confiscated 50 weapons at the scene of the deadly shooting in Waco, Texas, and continue to scour the area, according to AP reports published today.
The shooting began inside the Twin Peaks restaurant and spilled out into the parking lot after a parking dispute, Waco police Sgt. Patrick Swanton told media outlets, and that authorities anticipate over 100 weapons will be confiscated before the crime scene investigation is complete.
This combination of booking photos provided by the
McLennan County Sheriff's office shows people arrested
 during the motorcycle gang related shooting at the Twin Peaks restaurant
 in Waco, Texas on Sunday, May 17, 2015.
Top row from left; Ray Allen, Brian Brincks, Salvador Campos,
Richard Cantu and David Cepeda.
Middle row from left; Bohar Crump, James David,
James Devoll, Matthew Folse and Juan Garcia.
Bottom row from left; Mario Gonzalez, James Gray, Jim Harris,
Michael Herring and Tommy Jennings.
 (McLennan County Sheriff's Office via AP) 
The weapons taken by police are mostly firearms and knives, but a chain with a padlock attached was also seized that was allegedly used for the purpose of beating others, Swanton told the AP.
Violence between the two rival motorcycle groups, the Bandidos and the Cossacks, erupted last Sunday afternoon, leading to nine deaths and leaving 18 injured, after a vehicle ran over a gang member’s foot an incited violence inside the restaurant, according to reports. Violence between the two gangs was mounting in recent months, with a handful of instances reported in media outlets in March.
"Violence between members of the Bandidos OMG and the Cossacks MC has increased in Texas with no indication of diminishing," according to a Texas Department of Public Safety bulletin, cited by WFAA news. The bulletin also said that the conflict stemmed from the Cossack members refusing to pay Bandidos certain dues for operating in Texas, and that the Cossacks claimed Texas as their territory by wearing the “Texas bottom rocker” on their “colors” or “cuts,” slang for vests. 

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