170 mugshots released in Waco Twin Peaks shooting





Scroll through the gallery to see the first faces that have surfaced in connection to the shooting. less More than 170 biker gang members were arrested May 17, 2015, for their involvement in a bloody shooting at a Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco that left nine dead and 18 injured.



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The McLennan County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday released mugshots of the 170 defendants arrested and charged with engaging in organized crime following a deadly shooting involving biker gangs at a Waco Twin Peaks restaurant on Sunday.

The photos were released more than 48 hours after the incident, which left nine dead and at least 18 injured, following a grueling booking process that overwhelmed the Waco jail.

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Each defendant is being held on charges of engaging in organized criminal activity on $1 million bonds, according to McLennan County Jail's online jail roster. However, three defendants were mistakenly released on Tuesday and are being sought by police.

KWTX News 10 has identified the victims as Jesus Delgado Rodriguez, 65; Jacob Lee Rhyne, 39; Richard Vincent Kirshner, Jr., 47; Richard Matthew Jordan, III, 31; Wayne Lee Campbell, 43; Daniel Raymond Boyett, 44; Matthew Mark Smith, 27; Manuel Issac Rodriguez, 40 and And Charles Wayne Russell, 46. The all died of gunshot wounds to the upper body, according to the Central Texas television station.

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Waco Police Sgt. Patrick Swanton said the shooting was sparked by fighting began in the restaurant's men's bathroom while a separate fight over a parking spot broke out in the parking lot. Police outside of the restaurant entered after shots were fired.

A Texas motorcycle club member who was at the restaurant when gunfire broke out says he was there to discuss the rights of bikers and did not expect violence.

Johnny Snyder, a 42-year-old long-haul trucker and vice president of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club in Waco, said Tuesday that he wasn't hurt in the Waco gunfire, but that he was questioned following Sunday's shootings but not charged.

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Snyder declined to say what he saw inside the Twin Peaks restaurant. He says he was only concerned about "me not getting shot."

Houston Chronicle Staff Writer Dane Schiller contributed to this report.

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