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Deaths by firearm in Texas

  • John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy spent hours in the water towing a burned crewman after a destroyer cut his boat in half.
  • Assassination of John F. KennedyMoments before he was shot in Dallas, President Kennedy said his last words: "No, they sure can't."
  • Waco siegeThe Waco siege, which ran from the 28th of February to the 19th of April 1993, began with a chance encounter. A local reporter, tipped off that federal agents were about to raid a religious compound, asked a US Postal Service mail carrier…
  • Dean CorllDean Corll was the man whose death a frightened caller reported to the Pasadena Police Department at 8:24 on the morning of the 8th of August 1973. The operator who answered was named Velma Lines. The caller was a teenager, and he blurted…
  • 2016 shooting of Dallas police officersThe 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers began on the 7th of July, at about 8:58 in the evening, when an SUV stopped sideways on Lamar Street with its hazard lights blinking. Officers had cleared that street ahead of a protest march, so…
  • SelenaSelena Quintanilla-Pérez was 23 years old when she died on the 31st of March 1995, and major television networks interrupted their regular programming to announce it. She was a singer from Texas who performed Tejano music, a…
  • David KoreshOn the 19th of April 1993, fire swept through the Mount Carmel Center, a compound outside Waco, Texas. Among the dead was David Koresh, a preacher who had told his followers that he was the final prophet. He led the Branch Davidians, a…
  • Luby's shootingThe Luby's shooting struck a crowded Texas cafeteria on the 16th of October 1991. At 12:39 in the afternoon, a blue 1987 Ford Ranger pickup truck smashed through the plate-glass front window of the Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen. It was…
  • Murder of SelenaThe murder of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez ended with a name and a number. Her last words, spoken on the floor of a motel lobby in Corpus Christi, Texas, were "Yolanda... (room) 158." She was 23 years old. The woman she named was Yolanda…
  • Sutherland Springs church shootingOn the 5th of November 2017, a regular Sunday service at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, became the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history. It also became the deadliest at an American place of worship, surpassing…
  • 1991 Austin yogurt shop murdersThe 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders began with a fire. Shortly before midnight on Friday, the 6th of December 1991, a patrolman with the Austin Police Department radioed his dispatcher. Flames were coming from an I Can't Believe It's…
  • University of Texas tower shootingThe University of Texas tower shooting began at 11:48 a.m. on the 1st of August 1966, when a gunman opened fire from the observation deck of the Main Building tower in Austin. The deck stood 231 feet above the ground, and from it the whole…
  • Uvalde school shootingThe Uvalde school shooting began on the 24th of May 2022, when an 18-year-old former student named Salvador Ramos entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. He killed 19 students and 2 teachers. Law enforcement officers killed him 77…
  • 2019 El Paso Walmart shootingAt 10:15 on the morning of the 3rd of August 2019, a young man sat in a parked car outside a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. He opened his laptop and visited the imageboard 8chan. There he started a thread with a two-word title, "ITS TIME". The…
  • Chris KyleChris Kyle was a Navy SEAL sniper, and on the 2nd of February 2013 he sent a short text message while driving to a Texas shooting range. His friend Chad Littlefield was the recipient. The two men were taking a young veteran named Eddie Ray…

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