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Court documents: Photograph led to Red River shooting

Court documents: Photograph led to Red River shooting
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED AGAINST YOU IN THE CHARGING DOCUMENT AND THEIR POTENTIAL PENALTIES? A FIRST DAY IN COURT FOR TWO MEN CHARGED AFTER THE DEADLY WEEKEND SHOOTING IN RED RIVER. TWO OF THE THREE MEN CHARGED AFTER THE SHOOTING AT THE WEEKEND MOTORCYCLE RALLY FACING A JUDGE TODAY. THREE PEOPLE DIED. REPORTER ANDRES VALLE TELLS US WHAT MAKES THE CHARGES DIFFERENT. YEAH, DOUG SHELLEY RIGHT NOW, TWO MEN, POLICE SAY, ARE MEMBERS OF THE BANDIDOS MOTORCYCLE GANG ARE FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES. HOWEVER, THE CASES DON’T DIRECTLY LINK THEM TO THE SHOOTINGS. BUT STILL, PROSECUTORS ARE PUSHING TO KEEP THEM IN JAIL. NORMALLY, I DON’T DETAIN PEOPLE FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OR FOR CARRYING A GUN INTO A BAR AND ALL THE WAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES HERE, A UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE, KEEPING MATTHEW CHARLES JACKSON AND CHRIS GARCIA BEHIND BARS, THE PAIR APPEARING VIRTUALLY IN FRONT OF A JUDGE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEIR ARREST FOLLOWING THE DEADLY RED RIVER SHOOTING. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PAIR ARE MEMBERS OF THE BANDIDOS POLICE SAY MEMBERS OF THE GANG GOT INTO A SHOOTOUT WITH ANOTHER GANG, THE WATER DOGS, ON SATURDAY. THREE PEOPLE KILLED, FIVE OTHERS WOUNDED, ACCORDING TO POLICE RECORDS, GARCIA WAS AMONG THE WOUNDED. POLICE SAY HE TRIED TO PASS A BAG OF COCAINE TO HIS WIFE IN THE HOSPITAL. POLICE ARRESTING HIM FOR DRUG POSSESSION AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE, NOT FOR CHARGES DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE SHOOTING. STATE PROSECUTORS DID NOT FILE PAPERWORK CONNECTING EITHER SUSPECT TO THE SHOOTOUT. NOW THEY’RE ASKING THE JUDGE FOR MORE TIME. WE’RE WORKING WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND TO IDENTIFY WITNESSES AND ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE THAT MAY BE PRESENTED AT THAT HEARING. SO I’D ASK THAT WE HAVE TEN DAYS FOR A CONCURRENT PRELIMINARY HEARING AND PRETRIAL DETENTION. I DON’T HAVE A FILED COPY OF THAT MOTION IN MY HAND. IN TEN MINUTES, I’M GOING TO PROCEED WITH FIRST APPEARANCES ON BOTH CASES. AND THE JUDGE WAS UNABLE TO HOLD GARCIA’S HEARING FOR SOME REASON, OFFICERS REMOVED BOTH OF THEM FROM THEIR HOLDING CELLS EARLY. RIGHT NOW, BOTH REMAIN IN CUSTODY. AND THAT ASIDE, KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS JAKE CA
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Court documents: Photograph led to Red River shooting
Newly filed court documents detail what may have led to the fatal shooting at the Red River motorcycle rally.In a motion for preventative detention, the district attorney's office says a photograph taken showed a Waterdog Motorcycle Gang member involved in a wedding with members of the Mongrels Motorcycle Gang. Related articlesWhat is the difference between motorcycle gangs and clubs? What we know: Red River shootingHere's how the community was impacted by the shootingCourt documents say the Bandidos were aggravated at the Waterdogs for being associated with Mongrels in what the Bandidos considered their "territory." The shooting between the Bandidos and the Waterdogs killed three people and injured five others. Three people have been charged in connection to the shooting. Two of those suspects made their first appearance in court on Tuesday.

Newly filed court documents detail what may have led to the fatal shooting at the Red River motorcycle rally.

In a motion for preventative detention, the district attorney's office says a photograph taken showed a Waterdog Motorcycle Gang member involved in a wedding with members of the Mongrels Motorcycle Gang.

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Court documents say the Bandidos were aggravated at the Waterdogs for being associated with Mongrels in what the Bandidos considered their "territory."

The shooting between the Bandidos and the Waterdogs killed three people and injured five others.

Three people have been charged in connection to the shooting. Two of those suspects made their first appearance in court on Tuesday.