Uvalde Police Enlists Biker Gangs To Block Reporters From Victim's Funeral

e Uvalde Police Department reportedly asked biker groups to keep journalists in line during funeral for a victim of last week's mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

At least three biker groups were among roughly 100 mourners gathered outside Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary on Thursday for the funeral of 10-year-old Eliahana Torres, one of 19 children killed in the shooting, according to the Houston Chronicle. Uvalde police officers and members of the biker groups reportedly threatened to arrest journalists if they left a designated area across the street from the mortuary. It was not clear whether any attempts were made to leave the area.

Some of the bikers also "physically obstructed cameras within those designated areas and followed reporters," while demanding that journalists "stay on the sidewalk," according to the Chronicle. A member of the biker club Guardians of the Children reportedly said that they had been asked to attend the funeral by Uvalde police. Other biker groups in attendance were said to include the Thin Blue Line LEMC and the Marines MC.