Skip to content
Deacon Keith Fournier Hi readers, it seems you use Catholic Online a lot; that's great! It's a little awkward to ask, but we need your help. If you have already donated, we sincerely thank you. We're not salespeople, but we depend on donations averaging $14.76 and fewer than 1% of readers give. If you donate just $5.00, the price of your coffee, Catholic Online School could keep thriving. Thank you. Help Now >

Fort Hood and Killeen, Texas remember other violent days

Free World Class Education
FREE Catholic Classes

Fort Hood and nearby Killeen, Texas are still in a state of shock regarding today's violent attack, but there are other memories.

Deacon Keith Fournier Hi readers, it seems you use Catholic Online a lot; that's great! It's a little awkward to ask, but we need your help. If you have already donated, we sincerely thank you. We're not salespeople, but we depend on donations averaging $14.76 and fewer than 1% of readers give. If you donate just $5.00, the price of your coffee, Catholic Online School could keep thriving. Thank you. Help Now >

Highlights

By Randy Sly
Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
11/6/2009 (1 decade ago)

Published in U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Catholic Online) - Today's violence at Fort Hood brought back other memories for residents of the area.

Hilary Shine, a spokeswoman for the city of Killeen, Texas, stated "Unfortunately, this is a day we had dreaded. Every time you hear of a mass casualty situation in Killeen, you think of Luby's. ...

She was referring to a day of horror for Killeen, located next door to Fort Hood. It was the scene for what has been called the Luby's Massacre in 1991.

Wikipedia describes it this way: "On October 16, 1991, (George Jo) Hennard drove his 1987 Ford Ranger pickup truck through the front window of a Luby's Cafeteria at 1705 East Central Texas Expressway in Killeen, yelled 'This is what Belton did to me!,' then opened fire on the restaurant's patrons and staff with a Glock 17 pistol and later a Ruger P89."

He stalked, shot, and killed 23 people and wounded another 20 before committing suicide. Hennard even reloaded several times and had ammunition left over during the massacre before taking his own life.

Then, there was the shooting only a few months ago in July when a violent event occurred at Fort Hood. Just after midnight on a Friday evening a solider fired a gun into a crowd at the McNair Housing Facility at Fort Hood striking a fellow soldier. He died later at Darnall Medical Center on post.

Specialist Armando Baca, of the 1st Cavalry Division, was arrested later that morning at the main gate for the shooting.

The citizens of Fort Hood and Killeen now have another sad day to add to their memories, November 5.

"Here in City Hall, it's panic," Shine said. "We all have friends and family members who work or have business on Fort Hood."

---


'Help Give every Student and Teacher FREE resources for a world-class Moral Catholic Education'


Copyright 2021 - Distributed by Catholic Online

Join the Movement
When you sign up below, you don't just join an email list - you're joining an entire movement for Free world class Catholic education.

Lent logo
Saint of the Day logo
Light Your Free Payer Candle for a departed loved one

What is Palm Sunday?

Live on March 20, 2024 @ 10am PDT

Catholic Online Logo

Copyright 2024 Catholic Online. All materials contained on this site, whether written, audible or visual are the exclusive property of Catholic Online and are protected under U.S. and International copyright laws, © Copyright 2024 Catholic Online. Any unauthorized use, without prior written consent of Catholic Online is strictly forbidden and prohibited.

Catholic Online is a Project of Your Catholic Voice Foundation, a Not-for-Profit Corporation. Your Catholic Voice Foundation has been granted a recognition of tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Federal Tax Identification Number: 81-0596847. Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law.