New shooting in the USA: three dead at a biker rally in New Mexico
Eva Deschamps / May 29, 2023
At least three people were killed and five others wounded in a shooting at a bikers' rally in New Mexico (southwestern USA) on Saturday evening, according to authorities confirming press reports.
The perpetrators of the shooting have all been arrested," said Red River mayor Linda Calhoun in a video interview with local media Questa Del Rio News, confirming the death toll reported by local media.
No law enforcement personnel, no emergency personnel were hurt. No residents were hurt," she said, "it was a gang incident". She did not say which gangs were allegedly involved.
The shooting occurred around 5:00 pmlocal time as some 20,000 bikers gathered for the annual Memorial Day rally at Red River in Taos County.
According to The Taos News, a police officer described the incident to the centralization cell as "a shootout in progress between (the motorcycle club) Banditos and someone else ».
Following the shooting, the mayor of Taos decreed a night-time curfew between 22:00 and 04:00 local time, as well as a ban on the sale of alcohol, according to the Taos News.
In May 2015, a shootout between rival biker gangs in Waco, Texas (South), left nine people dead and around 15 injured at a biker rally.
Related Posts
Joe Biden releases his tax return, American tradition broken by Trump
Sylvie Claire / April 17, 2024
US President Joe Biden released his tax return on Monday, an American tradition of tr...
Read More
O.J. Simpson, former American soccer star acquitted in the "trial of the century", has died aged 76
Sylvie Claire / April 12, 2024
On April 10, our father, Orenthal James Simpson succumbed to his battle with cancer....
Read More
Earthquake shakes New York: no immediate injuries reported
Sylvie Claire / April 6, 2024
A rare magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck very close to New York City on Friday, the US...
Read More