George Hennard was from Pennsylvania, and he was living in Belton, a city about 25 minutes away from Killeen, when he committed what was then the largest mass shooting in U.S. history at a Luby's.
“No community is, or could ever be, prepared for the tragedy which struck Killeen on Oct. 16, 1991,” the mayor and city council wrote in a “thank you” to first responders displayed in thelater that year. “Our hope and prayers are that a similar event will never again occur in any community.”In early December, amid a mass of holiday shoppers at a Killeen mall, a man wearing a sweatshirt, face mask and white beanie fired a gun 10 times, sending one victim to the hospital.
Early on in the conversation, he acknowledges his city’s grim record of tragedies – “We’ve had our share,” he says – but is quick to point out Killeen’s resilience. Back at Luby’s, Al Morris had just concluded a gunfight that sent his mind flying back to the jungles of Vietnam. Morris, a Killeen detective, spent a year as a crew chief mechanic and door gunner on a Huey helicopter. He and his men were shot down five times, and on one occasion, a bullet passed through Morris’ shirt.. “The first month after Luby’s, I had a constant VCR in my head, and all I could see were bodies [lying] on the floor.
“We are being presented to the world as a place of tragedy,” Towers told his flock. This was a chance to show them they are more than that. This is something you’ll hear from a lot of Killeen survivors: They like to eat facing the entrance. According to research, it’s a classic trauma response. You want to exert what control you can. You don’t want to be blindsided. Not again.Reporting Texas
. “I am not a hunter. I’m not into guns. Some people might argue that point, but they’d be wrong. I don’t care about guns."Suzanna Gratia Hupp lost both of her parents in the Luby's shooting in 1991.On the way to the restaurant, the main topic of discussion was her parents’ upcoming 50-year anniversary, even though it was three years off. They didn’t want anything extravagant for the celebration; that wasn’t their style. Plus, they still had a few years to plan.
“I was furious at myself for having obeyed a stupid-ass law that resulted in a lot of deaths, my parents included,” she told theThe family was wrapping up their meal when Hennard drove his truck through the glass and started shooting. Once she realized what was happening, Hupp instinctively reached for her purse, where she used to keep her revolver. Then, as she told“Could I have hit the guy?” she asked the magazine reporter, running through a list of possible questions. “He was 15 feet from me.
One of Hupp’s first calls was with a reporter from The Associated Press. She told them she wasn’t mad at the shooter, because you can’t be mad at a “rabid dog.” But she was mad at her legislators, who she says prevented her from defending herself and her family. “Maybe somebody could have stopped that crazy guy in there had there been an armed citizen," Dr. Jim Brown, a spokesman for the Texas Rifle Association, said shortly after the shooting."Maybe then he wouldn't have gotten so far."
Dr. Gregg Lee Carter, a sociologist who, like Spitzer, has written extensively on gun control, cites Hupp as a key player in the “rallying cry” for gun rights created by the Luby’s shooting.
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