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Edcouch is in south Texas, about an hour east of the Mexican border and about the same distance west of South Padre Island TX.
Three dead and eight injured as Texas cockfight turns into a gunfight
Police are searching for the attackers and clues to possible motives.
Three dead and eight injured as Texas cockfight turns into a gunfight
more at Daily Mail link aboveThree people were killed and eight injured when masked gunmen opened fire during an illegal cockfight on a Texas ranch. The attack, described by authorities as a bloody massacre, sent spectators fleeing from makeshift bleachers surrounding the fighting ring near Edcouch.
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Homer Jasso, the justice of the peace for that area of the county, said the scene was shocking in its gore.
'It was a massacre,' Jasso said. 'I haven't seen this kind of violence in the valley here on my watch."
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Jasso said one man lay dead under the corrugated metal and wood pavilion that housed the bleachers, ring and concession stand. The bodies of the other two men were just outside. .
The bodies of at least 20 dead fighting roosters were also strewn about, although Jasso said he didn't know if the birds died in the ring or the gunfire.
'It was awful, awful, awful,' Jasso said.
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Police are searching for the attackers and clues to possible motives.