Waco – An eye witness related seeing who fired the first shot at the deadly gunfight on May 17, 2015 at an aborted Confederation of Clubs meeting at Twin Peaks Restaurant, but stopped short of giving the assailant a name, a club affiliation, or an identification by sight.
Shanica Corsey is a home health care worker who worked part time as a busser at Twin Peaks six days a week. She started cleaning and preparing for a “peace rally” of motorcycle guys. She and a girlfriend wanted to get a look at the motorcyclists when they arrived. When they heard the rolling thunder, they rushed to the windows to look; she saw that “fight circles” had formed and she watched the arguments between the new arrivals and the bikers who had been waiting.
She saw the first deadly confrontation that led to a death, she said.
“There was this one guy, I’m not sure if he was yellow and black, and had a big yellow helmet on. His hand went up and down, and when it came out, he had this big Dirty Harry gun.”
She identified the long-barreled “silver colored” handgun as a “revolver.”
Asked what he did with it by the prosecutor, she said, “He pointed it at the guy who was standing there arguing and pulled the trigger.” Was he the one in charge? She said it looked that way.
When she heard return fire, “I said ‘OK, it’s time to go.'” She estimated she was about 30 feet distant.
She and other employees hid in the cooler for about 15 minutes, until authorities led them to safety.
Defense counsel questioned Ms. Corsey on cross examination, asking why she signed her statement on the second page of three. “Did you actually sign two statements, Ms. Corsey,” asked Casie Gotro.
Lead prosecutor Michael Jarrett resumed redirect questioning and rehabilitated his witness as to where she signed the statement, on the second page. “Would you sign something that is untrue? Would you testify to something untrue?” She answered no to both questions.