WACO, Texas - Attorneys representing more than 100 bikers indicted in the Twin Peaks shootout say they need to see the evidence against their clients.
Dozens of defense attorneys, each one representing multiple bikers, gathered in Waco on Thursday to share information and talk strategy.
The shootout on May 17 left nine bikers dead and 18 injured. After the confrontation, 177 bikers were arrested and received $1 million bonds.
Galveston-based defense attorney Susan Criss, also a former prosecutor and judge, called the prosecution an unusual mass indictment in a criminal case.
"To be honest with you there's too much in this case that is common," Criss says.
Susan Anderson, a defense attorney from Dallas, said there is still key information they do not have.
"We need to know what bullets killed which people," Anderson says.
Ballistic reports still aren't done, but surveillance video from that day has been released showing an overwhelming majority of bikers taking cover and running from the gunfight in the Twin Peaks parking lot.
On the day of the deadly incident, bikers from across the state had gathered at the Twin Peaks restaurant for a Texas Confederation of Clubs and Independents meeting. It was a business meeting of sorts that would have included speakers on topics ranging from legislative updates and national motorcycle safety initiatives.
But law enforcement authorities were expecting trouble. Conflict had been brewing between the Bandidos and the Cossacks biker groups over money, turf and respect. Because of that, police stationed law officers armed with assault rifles around the perimeter of the parking lot.
A brawl soon broke out between members of the two groups. Bullets began flying with police returning fire. In the aftermath, about 170 bikers were booked into the county jail and charged with engaging in organized crime.
Defense attorneys said Thursday that McLennan County district attorney Abel Reyna has not handled the prosecution well.
"It has been mishandled in every way you can possibly imagine and I bet you if we give him (Reyna) time he'll find new ways to mishandle this case," Anderson says.
Reyna told News 8 late Thursday he wasn't interested in engaging.
"I see nothing in these ridiculous statements that necessitates a response," Reyna says.
A McLennan County grand jury is meeting this week and additional indictments against more bikers are expected.
