Texas cockfight turns into a gunfight, killing 3 and leaving 8 Injured

Three 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, near Mexico.

Police were searching for the attackers and for clues as to their possible motives, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said.

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. This is the first time in my life I've seen something this bad.'

Authorities were withholding the names of the victims until after they had notified the men's families, but they said two of them, aged 49 and 53, were brothers. The other man was 42 years old. Read More

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