Bulletin: Biker Gangs Targeting Texas Officers

May 23, 2015
The Texas Department of Public Safety is alerting local police agencies of plots targeting officers.

Texas law enforcement officials are alerting local police agencies of new threats against officers from biker gangs in the wake of the deadly shootout in Waco.

The bulletin distributed by the Texas Department of Public Safety warns of plots targeting high-ranking law enforcement officials and their families with car bombs, according CNN.

Officials said that unsubstantiated information from an informant who claimed to have obtained it from Bandidos and Black Widows motorcycle gangs revealed that members in military "are supplying the gang with grenades and C4 explosives."

The bulletin states that the Bandidos plan to retaliate against police for shooting "their brothers" as they came out of the Twin Peaks restaurant and that it has ordered a hit against Texas troopers and other officers.

On Sunday, nine bikers were killed during the shootout at the restaurant. Officials have said that 170 suspects were taken into custody and face charges of engaging in organized crime, with bail set at $1 million for each of them.

The bulletin lists some locations as possible targets including McLennan County Jail in Waco as well as sites in Austin, El Paso, Dallas, Corpus Christi and Houston.

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