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Laughlin is a town just 80 miles south of Las Vegas that in 2002 had 9 casinos and 8,000 people. [1] Every April about 100,000 people arrive in Laughlin for the River Run. [1] Amongst the bikers who arrived in Laughlin were the members of the Hells Angels and Mongols. [1]
Laughlin River Run was an annual motorcycle rally held in Laughlin, Nevada. It was the largest gathering of bikes and bikers in the Western United States . [ 5 ] The event drew an estimated 70,000 motorcycle enthusiasts in 2005.
The River Run Riot occurred on April 27, 2002, at the Harrah's Casino & Hotel in Laughlin, Nevada. Members of the Hells Angels and the Mongols motorcycle clubs fought each other on the casino floor. As a result, Mongol Anthony Barrera, 43, was stabbed to death, and two Hells Angels, Jeramie Bell, 27, and Robert Tumelty, 50, were shot to death.
He had been returning to San Diego after attending the Laughlin River Run motorcycle rally. [96] Although police surmised at the time that Tate's death was connected to the River Run riot, a fatal confrontation between members of the Hells Angels and the Mongols which occurred in Laughlin, Nevada, earlier that day, [97] the homicide has gone ...
Harrah's Laughlin was the site of the River Run riot, a fight between the Hells Angels and the Mongols during the annual Laughlin River Run. 3 people were killed during the fighting. In July 2020, Eldorado Resorts acquired Caesars Entertainment, taking over operations of the property. [2]
On April 27, 2002, between 60 and 70 members of the Mongols and the Hells Angels took part in a brawl and shoot-out on the casino floor at Harrah's Laughlin during the 20th annual Laughlin River Run in Laughlin, Nevada, leaving three bikers dead.
2002 in U.S. states and territories ... April 27 – The Laughlin, Nevada River Run Riot ... A barge collides with the Interstate 40 bridge across the Arkansas River ...
However, the AFT was more concerned with prosecuting those Angels involved in the Laughlin River Run riot than with those involved in Garcia's murder. [28] Schoville met with Garcia's family to tell them one of her killers was working as an ATF informer and that they would to wait until charges were laid against the other two killers. [28]