Crime & Safety

WATCH: The Craziest Texas Video Of The Week

A major shootout caught on camera.


Surveillance video from the May shootout between rival biker gangs in Waco, Texas, that left nine dead was obtained Tuesday by CNN.

The video, which you can see above, shows the bikers sitting in the Twin Peaks restaurant when one runs in holding a pistol.

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The rest of the bikers get up, and all hell breaks loose.

The two rival gangs, the Bandidos and Cossacks, were at the restaurant for a meeting about biker rights.

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The shootout is believed to have started when someone’s foot was run over in the parking lot. In all, 20 were injured, nine were killed and 177 were arrested.

The incident drew national criticism for the massive number of people arrested and for their sky-high bail: a cool $1M each

There was also a national discussion about the conversation surrounding the shootout, which involved mostly white bikers.

“There has been a marked lack of interest in talking about where the event fits into the epidemic of such white criminal behavior in the U.S.” compared to crimes involving blacks, wrote one columnist.

In the video, the restaurant is seen breaking into pandemonium, with bloodstained bikers scrambling for cover. The bartenders can be seen hiding, too. Outside, the mayhem continues.

The video concludes with the bikers walking out with their hands over their heads.

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