More East Texans Identified in Waco Shooting

WACO — More East Texans have been identified as among those arrested in last Sunday’s Waco biker shooting that took nine lives. KETK names Longview residents Anthony Shane Palmer, 40, Christopher Ryan Rogers, 52, and George Earl Rogers, 43. Also arrested were Phillip Sampson, 43, and Wesley McAlister, 32, both of Gilmer. Identified earlier were James Laray Gray, 61, of Tyler; Jason Lee Cavazos, 40, of Arp; Marshall Mitchell, 64, of Longview; Jason Dillard, 39, of Winona; and Kyle Smith, 48, of Kilgore.

Also, an East Texan has been identified as one of the victims in the shooting. The preliminary autopsy report identifies him as Charles Wayne Russell, 46, of Tyler. He was shot in the chest and the death has been ruled a homicide. Several East Texans have been also been arrested in connection with the shooting in Waco.