Hells Angels, Vagos Shootout Leads To 27 Arrests In Arizona

CHINO VALLEY, Ariz. — Arizona authorities say 27 people have been booked on charges ranging from attempted murder to participation in a criminal street gang after shootings involving members of rival motorcycle gangs, the Vagos and Hells Angels.

Detectives estimate at least 50 rounds were fired Saturday during the shootings in the small community of Chino Valley, north of Prescott.

Yavapai sheriff's spokesman Dwight D'Evelyn says at least five people were shot but none of the wounds was life-threatening.

He says detectives are trying to locate one injured gang member who was helped away from the scene in an unknown vehicle.

The shootings brought dozens of Arizona law enforcement officers to the scene.

Comments

[redstateblues69]

07:24 PM on 09/25/2010

White trash with an attitude shooting at large.

[VA Magoo]

11:34 AM on 09/09/2010

Seems the bikers need target practice, over 50 rounds fired and only 5 wounded.....

Shameful.

Then shooting from a motorcycle MUCH tougher than a normal drive-by shooting from a car.

[Dan W Bright]

12:54 PM on 09/08/2010

boys will be boys

[publiuswarmac9999]

04:46 PM on 09/04/2010

Hell's Angels history goes back to WW-II. PTSD mixed with alcohol and drugs is a prescription for violence.

[wyb]

11:57 PM on 09/01/2010

All kidding aside about the gang that couln't shoot straight, AZ is at the bottom of the US education barrel. To bad as Chino valley is one beatiful place with great people, and to have this breakdown land there.

[morristhecat]

10:54 AM on 08/28/2010

50 rounds fired and 5 shot? So Hells Angels and the Vagos are bad shots... good to know.

[Suzy Ricci]

08:33 PM on 08/23/2010

You all really have no clue here. There is more to be said than "hope they were wearing helmets" or calling them gangs. You trust & believe the task force propaganda. They are our family members and friends. Most let down by rules, law and public.
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[jezzabella]

04:02 PM on 09/09/2010

Are you saying you actually know these people? If you do, maybe you should expand your horizons.

[Economike]

04:34 PM on 08/23/2010

Gangs are the result of neglected neighborhoods with poor schools and services, compounded by broken homes and kids being inadequately parented. Or maybe they just like to fight.

[publiuswarmac9999]

04:41 PM on 09/04/2010

Hell's Angels history goes back to WW-II. PTSD mixed with alcohol and drugs is a prescription for violence.

[b1rd67]

12:44 PM on 08/23/2010

That pic looks like a scene from Wild Hogs

[Economike]

04:31 PM on 08/23/2010

What's wrong with being a motorcycle enthusiast as opposed to 1 percenter?

[b1rd67]

04:40 PM on 08/23/2010

Nothing... I was commenting on the choice of picture for the article. I love bikes... I grew up on two wheels... my first "car" was a motorcycle and I raced motocross in my younger days.

[AndyWright68]

12:13 PM on 08/23/2010

50 rounds? And the street gang that executed Sean Bell also shot 50 rounds. No one is in jail for that murder.

[Shikamaru]

12:33 PM on 08/23/2010

Wasn't' "the street gang" that shot him the police? Which would be why no one is in jail for that murder.

[ProudAmericanLiberal]

11:53 AM on 08/23/2010

When I saw the headline, I was really hoping it was in Sturgis. Then maybe they would ban the gathering there and the Lakota could finally have some peace at Bear Butte.

[Dookiestain LaFlair]

11:52 AM on 08/23/2010

This never would of happened if we banned all guns. Ban guns and there will be no crime!

[HolyKow]

12:13 PM on 08/23/2010

You are so right. Because criminals always listen to the law!

hk

[publiuswarmac9999]

04:43 PM on 09/04/2010

People who want to ban guns forget about the ancient world and things like bows, spears, swords, and more. At 10 to 15 feet, I'll take a sword over a gun any day.

[joeerato]

12:15 PM on 08/23/2010

HHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAH how many of there guns are registered or acquired legally? Probably none of them.

[StopMakingSense2]

11:49 AM on 08/23/2010

How's that drug war going? Like the economy and Afghanistan?

[chiodo08]

11:35 AM on 08/23/2010

maybe they will get lucky and find one brown colored guy so they can blame it on immigrants....

[SunniWang]

11:21 AM on 08/23/2010

Are we sure that these MC were actual citizens .Did anybody check there green cards? Maybe Arizona should only allow Motorcycle Gangs that are legal citizens that would stop this this of behavior.

[publiuswarmac9999]

04:48 PM on 09/04/2010

Pardon my ignorance, but from what I understand, the Vagos gang has “hundreds of members in the US and Mexico and poses a serious criminal threat to those areas in which its chapters are located,” according to the US Department of Justice.