WATCH: SWAT Called In After Armed Group Protests Inside Sports Bar

ODESSA, TX – The Ector County SWAT team was called into Big Daddy Zane's sports bar yesterday to shut down an alleged "peaceful protest." 

According to Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis, on May 5, the Ector County Sheriff's Office received a call from a member of the media regarding a group of people inside a bar dressed in M.A.S.H. with body armor and possible automatic weapons. 

When deputies arrived they found Bid Daddy Zane's filled with members of the open carry group "Open Texas." 

Check out the video of the ECSO SWAT vehicle being called in:

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Eight suspects were arrested during the incident. Wyatt Winn, 23, Jesse Semrad, 36, Carlo O'Brien, 20, Joshua Watt, 31, Anthony Elden, 24, and Brandon Burney 21, have been charged with carrying weapons where they are prohibited. Trinity Jackson, 31, has been charged with interference. Gabrielle Ellison, 47, has been charged with violation of emergency management plan.

Sheriff Griffis explained in a press conference that the six men charged with prohibited weapons charges were due to them having weapons inside of an establishment that sells alcohol. The owner of the bar Gabrielle Ellison was arrested for opening the doors to the bar despite it being prohibited by Governor Abbott. 

“This entire thing from yesterday has zero to do with the Second Amendment rights of our citizens of this country,” Griffis said. “What it has to do with is calling a group of people from all over the state out here to try to ensure this individual defies the government order.”

Open Texas spokesperson claims that it wasn't about gun rights this time but instead about opening Texas back up.

“The thing is, when your business has been down for so long, it can be hard to get clients to come back,” he said. “Honestly, we are a big hit with people, especially the more conservative groups who are all about free speech. That’s why she was telling people we we’re coming… People love us, like the American people who want to open, come take pictures with us.”

The crew remain in jail in lieu of a $100,000 bond. A go fund me has been set up for them and has raised $3,248.