Luby's shooting

Luby's massacre
Location of Killeen, Texas
Location	Killeen, Texas, U.S.
Date	October 16, 1991 12:39 p.m.–12:51 p.m.
Target	Patrons at Luby's
Attack type	Mass shooting, mass murder, murder-suicide, shootout
Weapons	Glock 17 Ruger P89
Deaths	24 (including the perpetrator)
Non-fatal injuries	27
Perpetrator	George Hennard
Motive	Misogyny

George Hennard
Hennard in 1983
Born	Georges Pierre Hennard (1956-10-15)October 15, 1956 Sayre, Pennsylvania
Died	October 16, 1991(1991-10-16) (aged 35) Killeen, Texas
Cause of death	Suicide
Occupation	Unemployed
Killings
Date	October 16, 1991 12:39 p.m. – 12:51 p.m. (UTC-5)
Location(s)	Killeen, Texas
Killed	23
Injured	27
Weapons	Glock 17 Ruger P89

The Luby's massacre was a mass shooting that took place on October 16, 1991, at a Luby's restaurant in Killeen, Texas, United States. The perpetrator, George Hennard, drove his pickup truck through the front window of the restaurant, and immediately shot and killed 23 people, and wounded 27 others before fatally shooting himself. It is the fourth deadliest massacre by a single shooter in U.S. history.

On October 16, 1991, 35-year-old George Hennard, an unemployedmerchant mariner who was described by others as angry and withdrawn, with a hatred of women and ethnic minorities, drove his blue 1987 Ford Ranger pickup truck through the plate-glass front window of the restaurant. He yelled, "All women of Killeen and Belton are vipers! This is what you've done to me and my family! This is what Bell County did to me...This is payback day!" He opened fire on the patrons and staff with both a 9mm Glock 17 pistol and a 9mm Ruger P89 pistol. He stalked, shot, and killed 23 people, ten of them with single shots to the head, and wounded another 27 before committing suicide. Approximately 140 people were in the restaurant.

It was National Boss's Day and the restaurant was crowded. At first, bystanders thought the crash was an accident, but the shooting started almost immediately. The first victim was veterinarian Michael Griffith. Another patron, Tommy Vaughn, threw himself through a rear window, sustaining injuries, but provided an escape route for himself and others.

Hennard reloaded at least three times before fleeing to the bathroom after a brief shootout with the police. During the shootout, Hennard was wounded four times. The massacre ended minutes later when Hennard committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.

Numerous reports included accounts of Hennard's hatred of women. An ex-roommate of his said, "He hated blacks, Hispanics, gays. He said women were snakes and always had derogatory remarks about them, especially after fights with his mother."