Nine bikers have been killed and 18 hospitalized in a shoot-out between rival gangs at a recruitment event in a suburban Texas restaurant.
What started as a physical fight in the bathroom spilled out into the bar and rapidly escalated to involve chains, clubs, knives and gunfire across Twin Peaks Bar and Grill in a quiet strip of Waco on Sunday afternoon.
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.
The fight spilled into the parking lot where 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.
Though the groups were being held by deputies at gunpoint, police were still warning hours later that armed individuals connected to five gangs were flocking from all over the state to continue confrontation, leading local restaurants to close early.
Waco police Sgt W Patrick Swanton told a press conference the recruitment event was hosted by the so-called restaurant - but despite police fears of a conflict, management refused to let officers in to monitor the situation.

Consequently, a SWAT team was stationed outside the eatery on Sunday morning for what transpired to be a set-up by one of the gangs.
Multiple police sources told the Waco Tribune it was a fight between the Cossacks and the Bandidos. Based on their leathers, it appears the Scimitars, Los Pirados, the Veterans, and the Leathernecks were also involved.
Swanton said it was the worst violence he had seen in Waco since the siege in 1993. 'We knew there was going to be trouble at this biker event,' he said.
'We have attempted to work with the local management of Twin Peaks to no avail. They have continued to allow these bikers to gather here. What happened here could have been avoided.
'The individuals at Twin Peaks knew this event was occurring and allowed it to happen.

'In 34 years of law enforcement, this is the worst crime scene, the most violent crime scene that I have been involved in. There were dead everywhere, blood everywhere.
'I can't repeat enough how bad this could have been had it not been for Waco SWAT officers and the Department of Public Safety.'
Witnesses described the scene in the quiet commercial shopping strip as a war zone.
'There were maybe 30 guns being fired in the parking lot, maybe 100 rounds,' diner Michelle Logan, 37, told the Waco Tribune.
'They just opened fire. There’s a lot of people in the hospital, a lot of people shot.'
Eight died in the parking lot and a ninth at a local hospital. A number of the 18 hospitalized are in critical condition, police said

After 15 minutes, the fight spilled into the parking lot of the Central Market Place, where some were shot dead as they mounted their motorcycles.
Outside, officers managed to detain the gang members at gunpoint. By late Sunday afternoon the two groups of gunmen were sat unceremoniously on the tarmac at opposite ends of the parking lot surrounded by armed police.
However the scene was still being described as 'active but under control' at around 5pm as deputies warned individuals were still arriving with weapons.
More than 100 weapons have been confiscated, and three armed individuals that arrived later have been arrested.
Swanton said: ‘We are prepared to deal with those individuals if they come to Waco. We are not horse playing. If we have the opportunity to put those individuals in jail, we will arrest them and keep them there.’
Police refuse to say what is happening at the Waco Convention Center but numerous people are being detained, local media reports.

Swanton said it appears one gang set up the other after arranging a meeting, that officers were monitoring from outside.
The Bandidos Motorcycle Club was named by Texan authorities as one of the four most influential gangs in the state alongside the Pagans, Hells Angels, and Outlaws. Members have been convicted of smuggling drugs across the U.S.-Mexican border - an area they are said to specialize in.
The outbreak comes just weeks after McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna told KWTX that law enforcement was aware of simmering conflicts between gangs that gathered at the restaurant.
A SWAT team has staked out the eatery on multiple occasions in recent months, most recently a week and a half ago.
Twin Peaks is a national sports bar and so-called 'breastaurant' chain, akin to a Hooters. The Waco location opened last year in the quiet commercial strip and neighbors Don Carlos, a family eatery.
Dubbed 'the ultimate man cave', Twin Peaks has 55 flat-screen TVs and 24 beers on tap. Waitresses wear revealing red plaid shirts or bikini tops and khaki shorts. The slogan is, 'Eats. Drinks. Scenic Views'.
The managers host a 'Bike Night' every Thursday. Other special events include a beauty contest called Miss Twin Peaks. The bikini-clad winner stands on a table to receive her sash and bouquet.

Source:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3085546/At-nine-dead-huge-gun-battle-rival-biker-gangs-Twin-Peaks-restaurant-Waco-Texas.html

The type i watch in movies...

Not really surprised this happened. We had a bad case of the same thing here in Chicago between Hell's Angels and a Latino motorcycle gangs. Fortunately, it was curbed before it turns tragic. Thise biker gangs are scary looking and they are always parking.

mehn.... gang wars.. see old men o

The excessiveness of the American society is catching up with them.