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Texas Prosecutor Drops All Charges In 2015 Biker Shootout That Killed 9

The McLennan County district attorney said he aims to "end this nightmare that we have been dealing with in this county." Prosecutors were not able to win any convictions after indicting 155 bikers.

In a 2015 shootout in the parking lot of a Waco, Texas, restaurant nine people were killed and 20 were injured. After the gunfight, police arrested 177 bikers, and a grand jury indicted 155 them on charges of organized crime.

But not single one will be held to account for the violence, McLennan County Criminal District Attorney Barry Johnson announced Tuesday, pointing the finger at his predecessor who he said failed

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