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Mass shooting between rival gangs at New Mexico biker rally
The Red River Memorial Day rally, the city’s 41st annual, turned violent Saturday when gunshots rang out at the packed event between rival gangs. Mexico motorcycle rally on Saturday, according to a report. The victims were struck around 5 p.m. local time when gunshots were heard outside a Red River retail section, the Questa del Rio News reported. Mass shooting between rival gangs at New Mexico biker rally.
“He was gang related,” Mayor Linda Calhoun said in a video posted by the news outlet on social media. All the victims were “contained” in the shooting; neither were local residents, according to the report. The shooters are in custody, according to Calhoun.
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The incident occurred at the 41st Annual Red River Memorial Motorcycle Rally, a festival that promises to attract “28,000 riders from all walks of life.” Two people were killed and six wounded in a shooting during a motorcycle rally in Red River, northern New Mexico, on Saturday, state police said.
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Bikers began shooting at each other on the main street of the mountain city, about 75 miles northeast of the state capital Santa Fe, during its annual Memorial Day biker rally, the mayor of Los Angeles said by phone. Red River, Linda Calhoun. She said three people died and five were injured. “They were members of a motorcycle gang,” Calhoun said, declining to give more information about their identity. “They were all people from out of town.”
Some 28,000 cyclists from across the country were expected to attend the rally, which features live music and remembrance ceremonies at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in nearby Angel Fire. Some of the injured were transported to the hospital in Taos, New Mexico, about 25 miles to the southwest, state police said on Twitter.
The city of Taos banned the sale of alcohol after the shooting and decreed a curfew. The incident comes eight years after nine motorcyclists were killed and 18 injured in a shooting in Waco, Texas, involving members of motorcycle gangs including Bandidos and Cossacks.Read More……
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