By Police1 Staff
WACO, Texas — Two police officers gave emotional testimonies about a fatal shooting that broke out between bikers.
KCEN reported that Officer Ben Rush was moved to tears when he testified in the trial against Dallas Bandido Christopher Jake Carrizal, and said he went to work that day thinking it was going to be easy overtime.
Rush said he was called in to be stationed at the Twin Peaks restaurant in the hopes that a police presence would deter any violence that might occur between the Bandidos and the Cossacks. He videotaped the scene with his dashcam.
The jury watched the footage, which started with the Bandidos arriving at the restaurant. Minutes later, Rush received a shots fired call, and he said he grabbed his rifle and walked into Twin Peaks. He described the scene as a nightmare.
“Guys were dead, weapons laying everywhere, blood everywhere. Just looked like a horror movie,” Rush said. “And there was music playing in the background. It was just quiet. It wasn’t supposed to go like this.”
Rush said bikers were asked to raise their hands if they were still armed once the shooting stopped and everyone was on the ground. A lot of hands went up, and Rush said police began confiscating weapons.
Once other agencies arrived for backup, Rush said it was a relief for Waco Police because the scene was too much to handle. He also said that since no one was handcuffed or searched, the scene was never under control.
Police sniper Heath Jackson also testified and said he saw the first punch thrown at Twin Peaks while he was sitting in his car. Jackson said gun shots could be heard seconds later, and he kicked open his door and grabbed his rifle.
Jackson said it was that same moment that a bullet hit his vehicle and he saw a man walking through the crowd, unphased by the bullets flying around him. Jackson said the man then aimed his gun at another biker.
“As I’m looking through my sights at him, I think to myself he’s about to shoot someone. That’s when I made the decision. I need to end this threat right now,” Jackson said.
Jackson said he only remembered shooting three people that day, despite the ballistics report that showed he shot four. He said that he learned in his training and SWAT experience that forgetting critical incidents such as that is your mind’s way of protecting itself from trauma.
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