The confrontation took place on Saturday around 5:00 p.m. in Red River, a town of 500 inhabitants where some 20,000 motorcyclists had gathered to participate in an annual party for Memorial Day.
Three people were killed and five others were injured. in a shooting who apparently faced motorcycle gangs during a motorcycle race in the state of New Mexico, in the southern United Statesreported authorities and media.
the shooting It occurred on Saturday around 5:00 p.m. in Red River, a town of 500 inhabitants where some 20,000 motorcyclists had gathered to participate in an annual party for Memorial Day.in which the soldiers who died fighting for USA.
Red River Mayor, Linda Calhounsaid in a video posted on Facebook that three people were killed and five others were injured.
There were detainees
He added that several suspects, without indicating numbers, were arrested in the shooting in Red River, Taos County, reported the AFP news agency.
“No law enforcement officers, no lifeguards were injured. No neighbors were injured (…) This is a gang-related incident”he declared, without elaborating.
Local outlet Taos News reported that a police officer referred to the incident as “a shootout (…) between a gang called the Motorcycle Club and someone else.”
The mayor of the neighboring town of Taos established a curfew between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. and prohibited the sale of alcoholl, added the local media.
Source: Ambito
