The Vagos motorcycle gang has been engaged in a campaign of violence in the small town of Hemet California for months. The police are barricading themselves in their station and several bombs and ambushes targeting cops have been traced back to Vagos. The Vagos are Mexican Mafia affiliated gang that is allied with The Mongols (who claim the government is unfairly punishing them) and The Bandidtos.

Now it’s been found that the club has launched a rocket at the Hemet gang task force. Luckily it seems like the device was a re-activated inert training round that mal-functioned and didn’t launch:

Police said Tuesday that a “suspicious device” found on the roof of a business after a fire earlier this month was a rocket. Authorities are attempting to determine whether the case is connected to a series of attacks on the Hemet Gang Task Force.

The fire was reported June 3 at Los Altos Market in Hemet. Police said the nine-pound, inert training rocket malfunctioned and landed on the roof of the building, where firefighters found it after the blaze was extinguished.

Authorities said the M29A2 rocket was pointed in the general direction of the Hemet Police Department, according to Southwest Riverside News Network.

The discovery came amid an investigation into attacks against the city’s Gang Task Force and City of Hemet property.

This is the fifth attack against the Hemet police. As California continues it’s slide into financial ruin an ever more ineffective and resource poor state will be increasingly targeted by groups who see the opportunity to seize power for themselves. Keep and eye on this one. If The Vagos call in reinforcement from their allies the Hemet PD will need real support from the state which California may not be able to provide.

There’s video at the link.