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Luby's shooting

Coordinates : 45°29′22″N 73°35′14″W  /  45.48944°N 73.58722°W  / 45.48944; -73.58722
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Luby's massacre
A memorial in Killeen honoring the victims of the Luby's massacre
Location Killeen , Texas , United States
Coordinates 45°29′22″N 73°35′14″W  /  45.48944°N 73.58722°W  / 45.48944; -73.58722
Date October 16, 1991
12:35 p.m. – 12:51 p.m. ( UTC -5)
Attack type
Massacre , mass murder , murder-suicide
Weapons Glock 17
Ruger P89
Deaths 24 (including the perpetrator)
Injured
20
Perpetrator George Hennard

The Luby's massacre was a mass murder on October 16, 1991, which took place at a Luby's restaurant in Killeen , Texas , United States .

George Hennard, a thirty-five year old man, drove his blue 1987 Ford Ranger pickup truck through the front window of a Luby's restaurant. He yelled "This is what Bell County did to me!" and started shooting customers and staff members with a Glock 17 and a Ruger P89 . He shot and killed 23 people, ten of them with a single shot to the head. [1] He also wounded 20 other people. Hennard had a dislike of women and survivors of the shooting said that he went by men to shoot the women. He also announced that "All women of Killeen and Belton are vipers!" [2] He exchanged gunfire with police officers , hid in a bathroom and committed suicide. [3]

One of the survivors of the massacre was former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives Suzanna Hupp . Both her parents were killed in the shooting.

Until the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre , it was the deadliest shooting rampage in American history. It is now the sixth deadliest in the United States. [4]

After the massacre, the Texas Legislature passed a shall-issue gun law in 1995, which required all qualifying applicants be issued a Concealed Handgun License (which is Texas' required permit to carry concealed weapons ). To qualify for a license, the person must be free-and-clear of crimes, attend a minimum 10-hour class which is taught by a state-certified instructor, pass a 50-question test, show a high amount of skill in a 50-round shooting test, and must pass two background tests, one shallow and one deep. The license costs $140 for a four year license and applicants have to pay $10 for fingerprinting as well as instructor costs which vary. The law was campaigned by shooting survivor Suzanna Hupp and was signed by then-Governor George W. Bush . [5] [6]

The restaurant closed down on September 9, 2000. [7] A Chinese-American buffet called Yank Sing is now located where the Luby's used to be. [8]

References [ change | change source ]

  1. ↑ "Killeen recordings released by police" . The Press-Courier . Retrieved 2014-02-28 .
  2. ↑ Terry, Don (18 October 1991). "Portrait of Texas Killer: Impatient and Troubled" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2014-02-28 .
  3. ↑ Hayes, Thomas C. (17 October 1991). "Gunman Kills 22 and Himself in Texas Cafeteria" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2014-02-28 .
  4. ↑ "28 years later: Remembering the Luby's massacre" . ABC13 Houston . Retrieved August 8, 2023 .
  5. ↑ "Transcription of Suzanna Hupp's testimony in favor of Missouri's HB-1720 bill" . Archived from the original on 2014-05-21 . Retrieved 2014-02-28 .
  6. ↑ Verhovek, Sam Howe (6 March 1995). "States Seek to Let Citizens Carry Concealed Weapons" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2014-02-28 .
  7. ↑ Cite error: The named reference KWTX was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page ).
  8. ↑ "Luby's tragedy: 15 years later" . The Killeen Daily Herald. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01 . Retrieved 2014-02-28 .
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