The soft-spoken guitarist recalls hearing, " 'All you motherfuckers are going to die'" and "then I just saw muzzle flashes."
Reaching for his coffee as a tremble in his hand attenuates up his tattoo-sleeved forearm, the musician says of his tremor, "It's nothing — a family thing."
But it may have something to do with getting rained on by a barrage of bullets fired at close range on a busy commercial stretch of Echo Park. Today, the guitarist offers insight into two criminal biker groups that are clashing in Los Angeles, leading one biker to act out a violent video game–style fantasy that targeted innocent clubgoers.
As the Echo's weekly Part Time Punks show let out in the early morning of June 21, witnesses say, a black-clad, automatic weapon–wielding gunman lumbered into the middle of Sunset Boulevard and calmly fired round after round into the exiting crowd on the sidewalk before fleeing on his motorcycle.
There are Los Angeles neighborhoods where, when someone flashes a firearm, the fight-or-flight instinct kicks in. Not here, on Sunset north of Echo Park Lake, among record shops and ironic storefronts such as Dave Eggers' Time Travel Mart. The shooter actually announced his intent to kill, yet the crowd stood passively as if watching a performance-art piece.
"It seemed so cheesy, I thought it was a joke," says the guitarist, 30, whom we'll call Brad; he's a witness in the gunman's trial and fears for his life. "When he started shooting, I just stood there staring at him. I couldn't believe anyone would fire a gun into a crowd of nerdy indie-rock kids.
"After four shots, that changed," Brad says. "He shifted his fire toward [the Echo's] doorway, and I finally ducked." And saved his own ass.
The bullets, which bit chunks of concrete off the Echo's crudely candy-colored façade, all hit high. Amazingly — Die Hard 2 ridiculously — Brad, though struck in the head, suffered only a grazed temple, with another bullet leaving a burn across his wrist.
Two other clubgoers weren't so lucky. A drummer caught a round in his arm, which shattered the bone, and now, months later, his music career is probably over. Another guitarist languished for months in the hospital following complications from a bullet tearing through his torso.
Amy Lee, vocalist for the Meek, had just collected her band's pay when she stepped out of the Echo and saw the shooter. "I froze," Lee recalls. "It didn't register. This guy in a big jacket, screaming like a bear — I didn't think it was real."
Luckily someone knocked Lee to the ground, and a girl dragged her inside, out of harm's way.
Los Angeles Police Department detectives were initially baffled. The Echo isn't a hub of criminal activity, and Part Time Punks is just that. This is where the bloodless and the twee, guys who can't bench-press their shirts, chicks in leopard-print dresses, have no natural predators.
At the time, an LAPD supervisor at Rampart Division could only comment, "This is kind of weird."
But the LAPD quickly established that among fans of the dark, psychedelic music churned out by garage rockers the Warlocks and the Meek are members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. "We're going over the security tape and see there's a 'full-patch' Hells Angel in the club," says Officer Jose Mireles, of Rampart Division, meaning a full-fledged member, "and he's the victim" of the attempted hit.
A blood feud between the Mongol Nation Motorcycle Club and the Hells Angels has not abated since "Operation Black Rain" in 2008, in which 1,000 local cops, feds and deputized Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms agents arrested 60 members of the Mongol MC in five states.
Less than a month after the Echo shooting, LAPD's Mireles, along with other Rampart cops, arrested Jose Luis Sanchez, 25, a Mongol "prospect," in his Hollenbeck area home, for the crime.
"This is an ongoing battle for territory," Mireles says, "and it's all about the California bottom rocker" — the word California written in Gothic lettering on both the Mongols' and the Hells Angels' jacket patches, which are considered a gang's colors. The patch, Mireles says, is a message to others: "I sell my drugs here, and you're not allowed to."
Police say that shortly before the Echo Park shooting spree, Sanchez, who now faces several counts of attempted murder, assault and weapons charges, somehow was alerted to the presence of a Hells Angels member at the Echo. As if inspired by video game Assassin's Creed — where cred is built by attracting the most witnesses to a killing — Sanchez allegedly engaged his target, the Hells Angel, in front of dozens of witnesses, while being taped by video surveillance cameras.
"I felt terrible, after I invited people to the show and something this tragic happened," says Lee, vocalist for the Meek. "Afterwards, we didn't book a show, we didn't know why this happened. Only now do I feel normal again."
Police won't identify the victims, because Sanchez's trial is ongoing, with another court appearance set for Jan. 18. "Mongols have a reputation for intimidating witnesses," Mireles tells L.A. Weekly.
Mike Yevtuck Goes to Thailand and beat up Chuck Zito and other USA hells angels that molest and murder women and children . In the USA hells angels have been made famous ffrom decades of newspaer articles of molesting and murdering women and children
Mike Yevtuck Goes to Thailand and beat up Chuck Zito and other USA hells angels that molest and murder women and children . In the USA hells angels have been made famous ffrom decades of newspaer articles of molesting and murdering women and children
You and everyone on the planet knows Mike Yevtuck pisses all over the USA hells angels
My Name is Mike Yevtuck I am the god of the USA Hells angels . The Godflocker the Thailander .The man that made the USA hells angels curtsy like nice little ladies.
Hey Chuck Zito and the rest of you USA hells angel freaking cowards.
I am back in the USA for a limited time . Put away your keyboards,web sites and all those internet war weapons in your arsenal you cowardly Feathered Filthy Fowl Fraudulent Freaks
and come on over and talk turkey or what ever language a foul filthy maggot infested USA hells angel freak speaks.
Hey punk if you and your pink pals got something to say I am back in the USA. You have no excuses you cowardly big mouth freaks.
My Name is Mike Yevtuck I am the god of the USA Hells angels . The Godflocker the Thailander .
The man that made the USA hells angels curtsy like nice little ladies.
The Mongol shot caller who planned the attack has got to be one very dumb bird. When a person with decent intelligence plans a crime operation they do so with the goal of not getting busted by law enforcement. The Mongol shot caller sent his designated shooter straight to prison the moment the shot caller pulled the shooter aside and discreetly told him to go through with the shooting. Can you believe their foolishness? I can't. The "plan" they carried out makes them both look like incredibly dumb people.
Neither of them should be making decisions or performing field work for any criminal or law enforcement organization. Based on the way the utterly mindless operation was carried out, I can't believe how obtuse both of them are. Not only do they not make their club incompetent, they make motorcycle aficionado's look stupid.
The moral of the story: No matter how charismatic the shot caller is, no matter how much power he or she has, no matter how many followers bow down to them, if you're gonna join a club like the Mongols, Hells Angel's, or Boy Scout's, you should always prepare yourself to be led by a "leader" who is as dumb as a mountain goat.
I agree.
The gunmen, Jose Luis Sanchez, should be nominated for 2011's America's Dumbest Criminal award.
And the shot-caller who gave Sanchez his orders is America's Dumbest Shot Caller. He should have his patch taken away. After he's de-patched he needs to donate his motorcycle to a children's hospital.
Let the so called "shot caller" take public transportation to get around town for being incredibly stupid and drawing heat to the club.
Both of those morons give intelligent bikers a bad name.
"The moral of the story: No matter how charismatic the shot caller is, no matter how much power he or she has, no matter how many followers bow down to them, if you're gonna join a club like the Mongols, Hells Angel's, or Boy Scout's, you should always prepare yourself to be led by a "leader" who is as dumb as a mountain goat."
>>>Hey I like "adventure" and "adrenaline filled moments" as much as the next guy. That said, it is often wiser to fly solo when performing "operations" in the field. If there are two people in your gang then you double your chances of compromising the operation. If you got three people in your crew then you triple your chances of failure. The club leader (Sanchez's boss) who was at the helm during the commission of this operation that occurred in June 2010 deserves to be castrated. I mean, what kind of woman would want to hook up with a club leader who's as dumb as a box of rocks? And god knows society doesn't need a "field general" like him to reproduce offspring.
bottom line-the shooter knew exactly what he was doing and the consequences of his actions-gangland mentality...hells angels were kicked out of so.cal along time ago
Mike yevtuch,or whatever he calls himself,is a crock of dog doo.He spends many a night at brothels in Thailand.What do you think the age and sex of his friend for a night is?He is one useless lump of human flesh.Why doesn't he go out and do something other than TYPE?
You and everyone on the planet knows Mike Yevtuck pisses all over the USA hells angels
My Name is Mike Yevtuck I am the god of the USA Hells angels . The Godflocker the Thailander .The man that made the USA hells angels curtsy like nice little ladies.
Hey Chuck Zito and the rest of you USA hells angel freaking cowards.
I am back in the USA for a limited time . Put away your keyboards,web sites and all those internet war weapons in your arsenal you cowardly Feathered Filthy Fowl Fraudulent Freaks
and come on over and talk turkey or what ever language a foul filthy maggot infested USA hells angel freak speaks.
Hey punk if you and your pink pals got something to say I am back in the USA. You have no excuses you cowardly big mouth freaks.
My Name is Mike Yevtuck I am the god of the USA Hells angels . The Godflocker the Thailander .
The man that made the USA hells angels curtsy like nice little ladies.
My neighbor, a seemingly horny, alcohol dependent, working class 9 to 5'er is always jetting off to Thailand on a regular basis, it seems. He's been doing that ever since I've known him and I've known him for a long time. I speculate that he might go there to have sex with females that are under 18 years of age. I fully understand that prostitution between adults is legal in Thailand, but still, you don't know my neighbor like I know him.
He lives in San Diego.
I mean, why go all the way to Thailand just to have sex when all a So-Cal man's gotta do is hop in their van and drive 25 minutes south to the famous Adelita's Bar. Or the Chicago Club. Or the Hong Kong Club. (My neighbor's a van man - he drives a van.)
It is there in Tijuana where a man can procure a possible great time (drinking, dancing, sex in a hot tub) with a totally smoking hot Latina for a ridiculously low amount of money, say like around 40 or 50 bucks.
It just doesn't make sense to make frequent trips to Thailand on a regular basis when there's a virtual, watered down version of Thailand right here in our own backyard. And I know for a fact that there are men in the L.A. area who, on a regular basis, drive down on weekends to play in TJ because of the great selection and affordable pricing. Of course they do, because the price of a decent hotel room, like the price of a fine Latina provider, is dirt cheap in Tijuana.
Hells angel leader Dave Burgess may hold the USA record for the most child in a USA bust on scumbags that collect and tyransport child porn.
USA hells angels made famous for the Large percent of members that commit crimes such as:child porn and harming rape molesting and murdering women and children all over the USA
I read somewhere that Jose Sanchez, the Mongol who did the shooting, shot a drummer in the arm (where I read that I can't remember and if you read the same article post a link to it).
Sadly, according to what I read the drummer will no longer be able to continue playing music.
That's akin to someone taking my bike away from me and locking it up forever.
I read where another victim was in the hospital for months. Being laid up, unable to take another person in your arms and love another human being and live like you want to live is like stripping me of my freedom. I might as well be locked in solitary confinement.
And with that I say this: I sincerely hope the victims drag the Mongol's into civil court. They need to ask for proper compensation. The victims should ask the judge to award them the keys to their house, car, bike and wallet. Someone at the top of the Mongol's totem pole called the shots on that one and the shot caller, along with Jose Sanchez, both need to pay for what they did to innocent people. I can't imagine what person in the position of authority for any motorcycle club would be stupid enough to give the okay for an attack like that one.
While I'm here anyone know if the judged sentenced Barry Bond's for obstruction of justice yet? Bond's needs to pay up for robbing Hammerin' Hank Aaron of the home run record. Because Ruth did it with hot dogs, beer and cigars. Aaron did it with strong arms and natural talent. Bond's did it with steroids. Not sayin' there's something wrong with a little juice - just don't use it to break America's most cherished sports record. A record that happens to be held by a decent man who didn't cause anyone any trouble and who treated people with respect/
So how are the Mogols and HA getting along in Los Angeles now? It appears the little gesture of truce that took place at the Easyriders show in early 2011 made an impact.
Don't blame video games. Assassin's creed is not a good example, especially when you don't even know what it's about.
Killers comedy Hour
Back to Last weeks USA Hells angels top ten secrets.
Order order in the house. Give my hells angels pals some junk food and make Sonny’s French
I can make Jokes about anything but most comedy writers go after easy target. So I picked the most pathetic freaks in the USA because it seems these freaks like to target me also.
top ten list.(Hells angels Secrets)
(1) In-between Males the Official Junk Food of the USA Hells angels gang sponsored by the numbers 8+1.
(2) Some men’s Junk is A hells angels treasure.
(3) Sonny Barger likes French Junk as food , Sonny Barger has a Bon'er Appeti'teIs this a fact or a Joke LOL
(4) Ho Ho HO No Sonny Barger and the Hells angels are not Pirates they just like to Bury treasures in their trunks.
(4) Sonny Barger is so Butt ugly the plastic surgery Doctor could not determine Sonnies face from his behind so he flipped a coin and thats why Sonny Barger wears that hells angel supporter hole under his chin instead of where he requested.
(5) Sonny Barger the USA hells angel Leader known for having 3 holes is said to have buried many a mans family Jewels .
(6)) If you think Sonny Barger sucks at acting and nothing could be worse, you have not heard Sonny Barger Sing.
(7) looking at Sonny Barger Santa Lost for words Just said Ho Ho Ho---ly shit
(8) Santa’s Wife kicked Santa’s ass when she heard Santa stopped off to see 3 ho's on Christmas Eve
(9) originally there was 8 dwarfs But Sonny Barger Quit after the Dwarfs made the hit song and purposely left out sonny's bargers 3rd hole . Seems back at that time Tri sexual men like Sonny were not accepted. Hey Ho hey ho So that’s the 8 minus 1 = 81 just do the math.Even with three Holes sonny don't fit in anywhere so Sonny Barger keeps looking to con neckt
(10) Chuck Zito is suing the 7 remaining dwarfs for stealing his idea.Chuck said he wrote a song about Sonny walking the streets to look for men to support him and the uglier hells angel members..
It goes like this
Hey Hole Hey Hole its time to get off at work. You hump and pump just stick em in the rump Hey Ho hey Ho its off to work you goes.
(11) Hells angels get typing mad when I make fun of Sonny bargers delicated cuntdision.
Is it soup Yet?
I realize this may be a silly and trivial point to make regarding this story, but since the author drew a comparison (and a somewhat silly and trivial one at that) I think it should be clarified. A player in the video game Assassin's Creed does not build "cred" by attracting the most witnesses to a killing. The game is predicated on the idea of stealth. Assassinations should occur undetected. Witnesses promote "notoriety," which is a hindrance in the game, and must be reduced to effectively complete most missions. A nerdy quibble perhaps, but the comparison felt out-of-place to begin with.
Hells angel leader Dave Burgess may hold the USA record for the most child in a USA bust on scumbags that collect and tyransport child porn.
USA hells angels made famous for the Large percent of members that commit crimes such as:child porn and harming rape molesting and murdering women and children all over the USA
Hell's Angel & Nevada brothel owner Dave Burgess convicted of child pornography PDF Print E-mailSaturday, 19 July 2008Former brothel owner gets 15 years in child porn caseAssociated PressLas Vegas Review-JournalJul. 19, 2008http://www.lvrj.com/news/25644... CHEYENNE, Wyo.-- A former Nevada brothel owner has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his conviction on two child pornography charges in Wyoming.David Burgess was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court for possessing and transporting child pornography.U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson also sentenced the 55-year-old Hells Angel motorcycle club member to 10 years of supervision upon his release, lifetime registration as a sex offender and a fine of $20,000.Investigators found two hard drives containing thousands of images of child pornography in Burgess' motor home after a traffic stop last summer in western Wyoming. A jury convicted Burgess in April on both charges against him.
Hells Angels are Americana. They may be crazy mother f###ers, but they kick ass and have class. Just give them a wide berth and don't f##k with them and every thing is cool Mongles are un-American. Mongles are stupid. They are easy to follow on the highway, just follow the bike parts that have fallen off their bikes. Mongles are no better than wetbacks.Mongles recruit wetbacks. Mongles usally can't hit what they are aiming at. Just like Mexican gangs, 70 % of the time they hit innocent bystanders. What a bunch of loosers.
And your mother has banged every hells angels member known to man. May he cancerous, STd ridden snatch die. Is she is already dead....good
If I told you how easy it is to get a job in this recession, you wouldn't believe me. But the truth is more employers are going online to find people just like you and me who are ready to work at a good job. The only thing that makes sense is to stop wasting time filling out a dozen applications and going from one boring low paying job to another. I found this site that pretty much matches you up with your dream job that is available. I have found it very helpful. Go to GetMeJobNow. com
I just got a $949.95 Sony laptop (17 inch) for $127.32 and if you think that's an awesome deal, my neighbor is getting a massive 52 inch HDTV for only $176.84 being delivered to his house tomorrow. It feels great not to pay high retail prices like the rest of people have to. I am even selling some of the stuff back to my co-workers making 10 times my money back. I use two sites, both are good, WikiBidZ.çomand SwipeBay.çom
I just got a $949.95 Sony laptop (17 inch) for $127.32 and if you think that's an awesome deal, my neighbor is getting a massive 52 inch HDTV for only $176.84 being delivered to his house tomorrow. It feels great not to pay high retail prices like the rest of people have to. I am even selling some of the stuff back to my co-workers making 10 times my money back. I use two sites, both are good, WikiBidZ.çomand SwipeBay.çom
These bikers are looking for GAY SEX i n what use to be a GAY part of town F$$$K -emTell these FAGS to go back to Bakersfield and F$$K the goats they love so muchIf I see ya in my hood ya get a head butt & a bullet ...and maybe not in that orderJJ Johnson
Hahaha yeah okay go and try punk. The fact that you are online commenting on news articles shows me you are just a punk.
Sleepy,Brian,Script writer are all the same guy or writer. its me. im now Billy Buck today. i wanna make sure i get my credit.
If I were a Mongol MC, would I come up with a few jokes to warm up the audience, or just move right into announcing the talent? Or should I just whip out gun and shoot the audience? Being a Mongol MC is so confusing!
These comments are just like the ones posted under the Gifford articles. Someone shoots a gun at innocent people, and a bunch of nut jobs get upset about the article. Shooting people is bad. What, you don't agree? What's to argue about? Must be the meth come down.
1%ERS ALSO STAB PEOPLE AS WELL AS SHOOT THEM. MOST OF THEM WEAR BIG KNIVES ON THEIR SIDES. COMING DOWN FROM CRANK OR SPEED OR METH IS CALLED CURTAIN PATROL. DUE THE PARANOIA IT CAUSES AFTER A 3 DAY TWEEK OR BUZZ. CURTAIN PATROL IS WHEN YOUR COMING DOWN OFF OF SPEED AND YOU KEEP LOOKING OUT YOUR WINDOW FOR IMAGINED AND NOT REAL COPS, GHOST,DEMONS,ENEMY'S ETC THAT ARE COMING AFTER YOU AKA CURTAIN PATROL. DRUG PARANOIA.
Wow, this article is definately a crock of shit. Next time, the writer should put in some effort on getting facts straight before printing propaganda. I hope the magazine don't get sued for all this useless false information and the defimation of character.
Hell's Angel & Nevada brothel owner Dave Burgess convicted of child pornography PDF Print E-mailSaturday, 19 July 2008Former brothel owner gets 15 years in child porn caseAssociated PressLas Vegas Review-JournalJul. 19, 2008http://www.lvrj.com/news/25644... CHEYENNE, Wyo.-- A former Nevada brothel owner has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his conviction on two child pornography charges in Wyoming.David Burgess was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court for possessing and transporting child pornography.U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson also sentenced the 55-year-old Hells Angel motorcycle club member to 10 years of supervision upon his release, lifetime registration as a sex offender and a fine of $20,000.Investigators found two hard drives containing thousands of images of child pornography in Burgess' motor home after a traffic stop last summer in western Wyoming. A jury convicted Burgess in April on both charges against him.
the world is now safer because dave burgess is now in prison in Bastrop Texas till he is around 71 years old before he will get out. that is if he lives that long. so you can now rest your poor little worried mind.
Come to the Hells Angels Arizona Florence prison run Sunday February 20th 2011. this is the biggest bike run on earth. 2000 to 3000 bikes on this winter run in the desert. temperatures at this time of year are in the low 70s and sunny. come see us and ride with us. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL HELLS ANGELS ARIZONA USA.
like to see any of you people tell Chuck anything about him bein a pussy u have no idea what your sayin so keep your trap shut your ignorance is very insulting
Funny I have never heard of chuck Zito ever in a fist fight. hwe is just a coward that hide behide a gang and pretended he was tough.
I never go to escort girls for meeting, but i was sow same escorts sites and i was really like one girl:
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Maybe someone know about her?I am asking because it will be my first meeting and i dont know if its good choice for the first meet.I hope to get same info about this girl.
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Hey chuck go fight your God you faggot . Here is your club you chicken headed fairy./ This is the kind of freaks you spent your life around you pathetic cowardly freak
LOL chuck Zito is in deep hiding that coward just talks . What the hell does Howards stern have to do with fighting ? Its clear your not chuck so why use that cowards nAME? cHUCK IS KNOWN FOR HITTING A DRUNK MAN pERIOD.
cChuck is a coward punk like all USa hells angels
chuck zito quit the Hells Angels over 10+ years ago at least. he is no longer in the Hells Angels MC. he has a radio show from new york shitty now.
maybe the drunk guy that got hit by chuck zito should either not drink anymore where chuck might be. or is or quit drinking and head to some AA meetings and dry out. other than that, thats what the beat up drunk guy gets for hanging around people like chuck zito and for hanging around places like that. get to AA meetings is my advice and clean up your drunk act. you sound like a loud mouth drunk from the way you write. no wonder chuck zito beat you up. you deserved it for having a big mouth.
When will the HA's and Mongoloids just accept their homosexuality, get naked with each other and form a huge hairy daisy chain?
Are you Jat Dobbs? If you and Billy queen want to get together don't drag everyone else into your ATF fantisy
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