Oklahoma City outlaw biker boss jumped, killed nearly year to day after Texas gunfight

One of many six individuals shot in an Oklahoma saloon over the weekend was the chapter president of an outlaw motorbike membership who had been concerned in one other gunfight with the identical gang nearly precisely a 12 months earlier.

Eric Oberholtzer, the suspected chief of the Homietos Motorbike Membership in Oklahoma Metropolis, was amongst three males who died in a conflict of a number of gangs on the Whiskey Barrel Saloon on Saturday, in line with authorities.

Two different fatalities concerned suspected Bandidos members or members of an affiliated group.

The Bandidos have lengthy been on legislation enforcement’s radar.

The Justice Division says the Bandidos describe themselves as outlaws.

The group has a world presence with chapters in North America and Europe.

The Homietos, a lesser-known group, have been concerned in a number of incidents of public violence lately.

Police in Texas arrested Oberholtzer and two different alleged Homietos members after one other shootout on Interstate 45 in Madisonville, after they had been accused of opening hearth on a gaggle of Bandidos members close to an on-ramp. 

Madisonville Police inform Fox Information Digital that on April 2, 2022, an altercation started with a verbal argument between a gaggle of eight Homietos and 4 individuals who both belonged to the Bandidos or an aligned membership at a retailer on East Important Road.

Whereas there was no violence within the preliminary confrontation, the Homietos group, on bikes and accompanied by a black automobile, drove throughout the road and shot on the Bandidos within the parking zone, in line with police.

A number of bystanders informed investigators they hit the bottom for canopy as bullets ricocheted round them.

Whereas there have been no critical accidents, not less than one shot struck a Bandidos motorbike, and police discovered a bullet gap in a automobile parked greater than 400 yards away. 

Deputies in neighboring Leon County arrested Oberholtzer and one other suspected member within the black automobile, Christopher Holt.

A state trooper individually tried to tug over Mahir Alihodizic, who allegedly sped off for roughly 80 miles earlier than his seize in Navarro County.

Alihodizic belonged to the membership’s Kansas Metropolis chapter, authorities alleged, and he was photographed carrying membership patches after the chase.

Police collected dozens of 9mm bullet casings from the scene and another from the suspects’ automobile.

They stated ballistics testing later discovered a match between weapons in Oberholtzer’s automobile and the shells on the scene.

Outcomes had not but come again on a 3rd firearm.

Texas police charged all three males with two counts of aggravated assault with a lethal weapon and a rely of partaking in organized felony exercise.

Oberholtzer confronted a further cost of directing actions of a felony road gang because the chapter president, police stated.

They likened the extra rely to a state-level racketeering cost. 

With the Texas investigation ongoing, Oberholtzer and suspected fellow Homieto Tyler Myers had been seen on surveillance video talking with a gaggle of obvious Bandidos members close to a patio entrance on the Whiskey Barrel round 11 p.m. Saturday, in line with an Oklahoma affidavit obtained by Fox Information Digital.

Oberholtzer and Myers walked away adopted by seven males “carrying Bandidos or assist insignia,” in line with courtroom paperwork.

One in every of them rushed Myers and hit him within the head from behind.

Myers tried to carry the group at bay with a bar chair, in line with the affidavit, after which allegedly pulled out a gun, inflicting “individuals to again up and plenty of patrons within the bar to panic.”

On the identical time, Oberholtzer was seen on the video preventing with rival biker Francisco Tanajara.

Oberholtzer shot at Tanajara.

An unidentified man shot at Oberholtzer.

And in some way the unidentified shooter wound up on the ground.

Myers, who additionally sustained a gunshot wound within the battle, ran to the door, turned again and allegedly shot on the unidentified man, who rolled over in a puddle of blood.

He was later pronounced useless on the scene, together with Oberholtzer and Tanajara.

Myers and two others had been injured — Clayton Owens, 36, and Felicia Wallace, 35. 

A Fb profile below Owens’ title consists of a picture of a person carrying a patch on his vest that claims, “I Help Bandidos MC.”

Police haven’t alleged his involvement within the violence, and he had not been charged with against the law as of Wednesday.

They did arrest Myers on a cost of first-degree homicide after his launch from the hospital. He’s being held with out bail on the Oklahoma County Detention Middle.

Along with the lethal conflict in Oklahoma over the weekend, members have been arrested in reference to a bar brawl within the Florida Keys and a comfort retailer taking pictures in Corpus Christi, Texas, in line with courtroom paperwork.

One other member was convicted in 2020 on federal firearms and methamphetamine distribution expenses after promoting medicine to undercover ATF brokers, in line with courtroom paperwork.

Madisonville police are nonetheless investigating the 2022 taking pictures and are asking anybody with data to return ahead.

Within the lethal Oklahoma Metropolis shootout, police stated further expenses are doable and are asking anybody with data to name their tip line at 405-297-1200.