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HughBeaumont

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12. This one was also pre-Columbine, the worst until VA Tech:
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 12:13 PM
Dec 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby%27s_massacre

On October 16, 1991, 35-year-old George "Jo Jo" Pierre Hennard, an unemployed merchant seaman who was described by others as angry and withdrawn, with a dislike of women, drove his blue 1987 Ford Ranger pickup truck through the front window of a Luby's cafeteria at 1705 East Central Texas Expressway in Killeen. Yelling "This is what Bell County did to me!", Hennard then opened fire on its patrons and staff with a Glock 17 pistol and, later, a Ruger P89. He stalked, shot, and killed 23 people while wounding another 20 before committing suicide. At least 80 people were in the restaurant at the time.

The first victim was local veterinarian Michael Griffith, 48, who ran to the driver's side of the pickup truck to offer assistance to the driver after the truck crashed through the window. Hennard also approached 32-year-old Suzanna Hupp and her parents. Hupp reached for her .38 revolver in her purse, only to realize she had left it in her vehicle. Her father Al, 71, rushed at Hennard in an attempt to subdue him but was fatally shot in the chest. A short time later, as Hupp was escaping, her mother Ursula, 67, was shot in the head and killed as she cradled her wounded husband.

During the massacre, Hennard allowed a woman and her four-year-old child to leave. Another patron, Tommy Vaughn, threw himself through a plate-glass window, sustaining injuries, but by doing so he created an escape route for himself and other customers.

Hennard reloaded several times and still had ammunition remaining when he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head after exchanging shots with, and being wounded by a responding police officer.

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Yep, it's a tape-reel that plays over and over. n/t DanM Dec 2012 #1
easier to read version here Electric Monk Dec 2012 #17
A Timeline of Sorrow since Columbine: HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #2
It was happening before Columbine eggplant Dec 2012 #7
Not to mention the horrific shootings at a MacDonalds restaurant robbob Dec 2012 #8
I remember James Oliver Huberty, a Libertarian Doomsday Prepper nutbar. HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #11
This one was also pre-Columbine, the worst until VA Tech: HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #12
And 1986 Edmond, Oklahoma where the term "going postal" was born Wednesdays Dec 2012 #13
True, but I think it's sort of a "Come Full Circle" thing . . . HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #10
The 19th anniversary of this local one was last week. I saw him before it happened catzies Dec 2012 #18
Corporate America's not kind to paranoid eccentrics. HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #21
K&R. nt OnyxCollie Dec 2012 #3
Kick for enlightenment. HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #4
Exactly what we're seeing. jsr Dec 2012 #5
K & R nt Tree-Hugger Dec 2012 #6
God, that IS sad! ananda Dec 2012 #9
IT'S INSANE!!!!! tblue Dec 2012 #14
Note: The cartoon above was inspired by this particular TMW, after the Tuscon shooting. HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #15
Kick for the night. HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #16
Good morning! Electric Monk Dec 2012 #19
+1! uponit7771 Dec 2012 #20
"butthurt whining about gun owners being the real victims" Paladin Dec 2012 #22
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