European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Police have no motive for gunman s rampage Killeen Texas apr diners screamed in terror and cowered behind counters As a Man with a High powered pistol methodically moved through a crowded cafeteria and killed 22 people in the nations deadliest shooting rampage. Police said they had no motive for the rampage and knew of no connection Between the gunman a statements and the shooting. A witness said the gunman shouted a this is what Bell county did for me a before he opened fire. Another witness said he yelled something about Belton or Dayton. Belton is near Killeen Dayton is near Houston. The assault began just before 1 . Wednesday when George Hennard 35, of Belton drove his pickup through Asee related Story on Page 3 plate Glass window of a Lubye a cafeteria climbed out and opened fire. The restaurant was jammed with 100 or More lunchtime patrons including several attending a a Bossy a Day celebrations. Ten minutes after it began the rampage ended when Hennard wounded by police gunfire killed himself with a Bullet in the head As he Lay outside a restroom authorities said. That brought the death toll to 23. Hennard killed Many of his victims with Point Blank blasts to the head and see rampage on Page 2 an official looks Over the truck of a gunman who crashed it through Lubye a cafeteria in Killeen Texas and killed 22 people. Killeen reaches the breaking Point again a amp map Killeen Texas up when War came in the Middle East this army town in Central Texas was Quick to respond. Soldiers from nearby fort Hood were some of the first to leave and last to return. Now the horror that one usually sees Only in War has struck Home. Twenty two people were killed by a single gunman wednesday As they ate lunch at a local cafeteria a More than the number of fort Hood soldiers killed in operation desert storm. Officials at fort Hood confirmed that the Only Active duty member of the army killed in the massacre was it. Col. Steven c. Doty a decorated Vietnam War Veteran and a former commander of one of fort hoods airfields. Doty who had served on Active duty for More than 20 years was scheduled to retire at the end of the month. A i done to know How much More this town can take a said a stunned resident who saw blood on the sidewalk outside the Lubye a cafeteria when the wounded were carried out. A the War had drained us and something like this happens when we Are just starting to  because so Many soldiers left the area to fight in the persian Gulf the Economy of the area went into a tailspin during the War. The kill Cen fort Hood Copperas Cove area with a population of about 125,000, was just beginning to emerge from that economic disaster when George Hennard an unemployed Man from nearby Belton drove his pickup truck through the front door of the cafeteria and began to open fire. Police chief . Giacomozzi said that As terrible As such incidents Are they tend to pull a towns residents together. A people have a tendency to pull together and work together and fortunately this Bonds the Community in ways that it is normally not bonded a Giacomozzi said. Nato officials seeking nuclear cuts Taormina Sicily a nato defense ministers met thursday to agree on plans to slash their nuclear Arsenal in Europe by 80 percent the largest reduction in Alliance history. . Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and other defense chiefs of the North Atlantic treaty organization gathered for key strategy talks under tight Security in Taormina a resort on the Eastern Edge of Sicily. Police sealed off the coastal Highway leading to the Plush Cap Taormina hotel the meeting site As the ministers arrived for their talks. Officials said the ministers opened their discussions by welcoming president Bush a Surprise announcement late last month of sweeping cuts in the american nuclear Arsenal. A British official demanding anonymity said the ministers intended to agree later in the Day on plans to see related Story on Page 10 trim by 80 percent their nuclear Arsenal of artillery shells Short Range missiles and Gravity bombs based in Europe. It would amount to the largest Cut in nuclear Wear see nato on Page 2 going for the Gold olympic preview in this weekend s sunday Magazine