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Crime History: Gunman kills 23, himself in Texas cafeteria

By Scott McCabe
Published October 15, 2012 4:00am ET
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Crime History: Gunman kills 23, himself in Texas cafeteria
On this day, Oct. 16, in 1991, George Jo Hennard smashed his pickup into a cafeteria in central Texas and shot and killed 23 people before committing suicide. It was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history until the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. Hennard, 35, moved through the crowd at the Luby’s Cafeteria in Killeen, […]

On this day, Oct. 16, in 1991, George Jo Hennard smashed his pickup into a cafeteria in central Texas and shot and killed 23 people before committing suicide.

It was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history until the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre.

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