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Luby's shooting

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Luby's shooting

The Luby's shooting, also known as the Luby's massacre, was a mass shooting that took place on October 16, 1991 at a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, United States. The perpetrator, 35-year-old George Pierre Hennard, drove his pickup truck through the front window of the cafeteria before opening fire, killing 23 people and wounding 27 others. He had a brief shootout with police officers in which he was seriously wounded but refused their orders to surrender and eventually died by suicide. The shooting was the deadliest mass shooting by a single perpetrator in modern U.S. history until it was surpassed in 2007 by the Virginia Tech shooting.

Infobox

Location
mw- 31°05′37″N 97°43′26″W / 31.09361°N 97.72389°W / 31.09361; -97.72389Killeen, Texas, U.S.
Date
October 16, 1991; 34 years ago (1991-10-16) 12:39 – 12:51 p.m.
Target
Customers and staff at a Luby's Cafeteria, particularly women; first responders
Attack type
Mass shooting, murder-suicide, shootout, mass murder, femicide, vehicle ramming attack
Weapons
1987 Ford Ranger Glock 17 handgun Ruger P89 handgun
Deaths
24 (including the perpetrator)
Injured
27
Perpetrator
George Pierre Hennard
Motive
Misogyny Revenge for sexual and social rejection Paranoid delusions

Tables

· Deaths
Patricia Carney
Patricia Carney
Name
Patricia Carney
Age
57
Hometown
Belton
Jimmie Caruthers
Jimmie Caruthers
Name
Jimmie Caruthers
Age
48
Hometown
Austin
Kriemhild Davis
Kriemhild Davis
Name
Kriemhild Davis
Age
62
Hometown
Killeen
Steven Dody
Steven Dody
Name
Steven Dody
Age
43
Hometown
Copperas Cove/Fort Hood
Alphonse "Al" Gratia
Alphonse "Al" Gratia
Name
Alphonse "Al" Gratia
Age
71
Hometown
Copperas Cove
Ursula Gratia
Ursula Gratia
Name
Ursula Gratia
Age
67
Hometown
Copperas Cove
Debra Gray
Debra Gray
Name
Debra Gray
Age
33
Hometown
Copperas Cove
Michael Griffith
Michael Griffith
Name
Michael Griffith
Age
48
Hometown
Copperas Cove
Venice Henehan
Venice Henehan
Name
Venice Henehan
Age
70
Hometown
Metz, Missouri
Clodine Humphrey
Clodine Humphrey
Name
Clodine Humphrey
Age
63
Hometown
Marlin
Sylvia King
Sylvia King
Name
Sylvia King
Age
30
Hometown
Killeen
Zona Lynn
Zona Lynn
Name
Zona Lynn
Age
65
Hometown
Marlin
Connie Peterson
Connie Peterson
Name
Connie Peterson
Age
41
Hometown
Austin
Ruth Pujol
Ruth Pujol
Name
Ruth Pujol
Age
55
Hometown
Copperas Cove
Su-Zann Rashott
Su-Zann Rashott
Name
Su-Zann Rashott
Age
36
Hometown
Copperas Cove
John Romero Jr.
John Romero Jr.
Name
John Romero Jr.
Age
29
Hometown
Copperas Cove
Thomas Simmons
Thomas Simmons
Name
Thomas Simmons
Age
33
Hometown
Copperas Cove
Glen Arval Spivey
Glen Arval Spivey
Name
Glen Arval Spivey
Age
55
Hometown
Harker Heights
Nancy Stansbury
Nancy Stansbury
Name
Nancy Stansbury
Age
44
Hometown
Harker Heights
Olgica Taylor
Olgica Taylor
Name
Olgica Taylor
Age
45
Hometown
Waco
James Welsh
James Welsh
Name
James Welsh
Age
75
Hometown
Waco
Lula Welsh
Lula Welsh
Name
Lula Welsh
Age
75
Hometown
Waco
Iva Juanita Williams
Iva Juanita Williams
Name
Iva Juanita Williams
Age
64
Hometown
Temple
Name
Age
Hometown
Patricia Carney
57
Belton
Jimmie Caruthers
48
Austin
Kriemhild Davis
62
Killeen
Steven Dody
43
Copperas Cove/Fort Hood
Alphonse "Al" Gratia
71
Copperas Cove
Ursula Gratia
67
Copperas Cove
Debra Gray
33
Copperas Cove
Michael Griffith
48
Copperas Cove
Venice Henehan
70
Metz, Missouri
Clodine Humphrey
63
Marlin
Sylvia King
30
Killeen
Zona Lynn
65
Marlin
Connie Peterson
41
Austin
Ruth Pujol
55
Copperas Cove
Su-Zann Rashott
36
Copperas Cove
John Romero Jr.
29
Copperas Cove
Thomas Simmons
33
Copperas Cove
Glen Arval Spivey
55
Harker Heights
Nancy Stansbury
44
Harker Heights
Olgica Taylor
45
Waco
James Welsh
75
Waco
Lula Welsh
75
Waco
Iva Juanita Williams
64
Temple

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    https://www.tdtnews.com/archive/article_462c4011-c952-5958-8f2a-1f1dcef0d135.html
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