AUSTIN: Police have confirmed that a shootout between rival biker gangs left nine people killed at a Waco restaurant in Austin on Sunday in US state of Texas .
The shooting also left 18 injured from gunshot and stab wounds, according to multiple reports.
Police have closed off the entire Central Texas Marketplace, the location of the Twin Peaks restaurant where the shooting occurred, stating that the area is not safe for anyone to enter.
There were fears that members of rival biker gangs may come to the area. Three people have been arrested while trying to enter the scene, police said.
Eight people died at the scene and one died at a local hospital.All nine fatalities were bikers.
McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara confirmed that the deadly shootout between rival gangs involved the Bandidos and the Cossacks.
“There’s been some trouble brewing between these gangs for sometime,” McNamara said. “It boiled over here today in a very bad, violent way.”
