reporter: with a faded swastika on his arm, a bandido member high up in rank says the media has it all wrong. we didn t do nothing here. they re saying lies on tv and telling everybody that the bandidos are after police officers. that s never been. reporter: the u.s. justice department identifies the bandidos as one of the top two largest outlaw motorcycle gangs in america with at least 2,000 members in the u.s. and 13 other countries. and the texas department of public safety still lists the bandidos as a tier two gang the second most dangerous classification. according to a law enforcement source preliminary information indicates that four of the bikers were shot and killed by police. though local police say they still haven t determined who is responsible for the nine deaths. chris. obviously the big question nick is what happens next. thank you for staying on it. to be sure the situation is as dangerous as it is bizarre, think about it. this is a turf conflict playing
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gangs. police continue to remove more motorcycles from this parking lot. in custody this morning 170 suspected biker gang members, their bond totalling $170 million. after a dispute in a restaurant bathroom on monday led to nine people dead and 18 injured, over 100 weapons found at the scene. shell casings, weapons, knives clubs, we re talking chains with padlocks on the end of them. reporter: cell phone video captures the aftermath. bodies lying outside twin peaks restaurant in waco texas. the fierce gun battle with rival motorcycle gang members turned within moments into a gun battle with officers. a memo going out to local police warning officers that members of the bandidos and the cossacks have reportedly been instructed to arm themselves and travel to north texas. we would encourage biker
according to a law enforcement source preliminary information indicates that four of the bikers were shot and killed by police. though local law enforcement officials we ve spoken to say they have yet to determine who is responsible for the nine deaths. alisyn. okay nick thanks so much for all that background. we want to bring in now steve cook, he s a kansas city police detective. he spent years infiltrating outlaw motorcycle gangs like the bandidos. steve, thanks so much for being here. the initial reports were this was some sort of dispute over a parking space. then as you heard nick s report something happened in a restaurant bathroom. you say that this is nonsense. what was this fight about? well this has been an ongoing problem between the cossacks and bandidos. basically what it boils down to like any other biker dispute it runs to turf. these individuals are fighting over control of turf. the bandidos have historically controlled texas. and the cossacks have stepped up