politics | December 30, 2025

What happened at Whiskey Barrel Saloon? Oklahoma City bar shooting leaves three dead and three injured

On Saturday, April 1, a gunfight between biker groups at an Oklahoma City bar around 10:00 pm ET left three individuals dead and three others harmed. According to the Oklahoma City Police, the episode happened at the Bourbon Barrel Cantina.

The three departed casualties were tracked down dead at the scene. While no suspects have been named, examiners accept that individuals from a few different cruiser clubs were involved.

Trigger admonition: This article concerns and incorporates notices of firearm savagery, peruser watchfulness is encouraged.

According to CNN, of the three harmed casualties who were shipped to the medical clinic, one is in basic condition while two others have supported non-hazardous wounds. Specialists have advised regular citizens to keep away from the area, and authorities have been presented at the scene on guarantee that there could be no further viciousness between the biker gatherings.

In an authority explanation, Oklahoma City Police Lt. Jeff Cooper said that they are yet to recognize the people in question. It was moreover announced that the quantity of suspects engaged with the shooting and their names have not been affirmed at this point. Cooper added that the police have no leads as of now.

Specialists expressed that while a few group were shot in the occurrence, they will examine maybe it were some other manslaughter. The division noticed that they ordinarily get no data about harmed casualties from the medical clinic except if they have been announced departed.

According to the US Branch of Equity, there are roughly 500 bike clubs across America. While the greater part of them are viewed as innocuous social clubs for cruiser fans, a few clubs have been named coordinated wrongdoing gatherings. Because of this set of experiences, Oklahoma City authorities have not communicated any astonishment at the new savagery at the Bourbon Barrel Cantina.

Groups recognized as groups of thugs incorporate Hells Heavenly messengers, the Agnostics, the Bandits, and the Bandidos, who are supposedly engaged with wrongdoings such a racketeering, murder, and medication conveyance. Certain clubs, similar to the Agnostics Bike Club, purportedly work intimately with the American Cosa Nostra. The Mongols, a club that started in California, have a German part that is purportedly subsidiary with Lebanese coordinated wrongdoing gatherings.

BREAKING: A biker gang shootout broke out on the 95. This is an active scene.

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While the FBI noted in a report that biker packs don’t partake in open weapon brutality at a similar recurrence as other road posses, like the Bloods, Crips, or MS-13, they have been engaged with high-profile shootouts previously. In 2015, a gunfight between the Bandidos and Cossacks cruiser clubs left nine dead and 18 harmed. In 2022, the Hells Heavenly messengers were engaged with a non-lethal shootout with the Vagos bike club on a Las Vegas expressway, leaving seven people harmed.

A few gatherings, like Hells Heavenly messengers, have likewise risen above borders. Its individuals and other cruiser clubs have been ensnared in crime in nations like Australia, Thailand, Canada, Germany, and Australia.