KILLEEN, Texas (KXXV) — 34 years ago today, the Luby's cafeteria in Killeen became the site of one of the deadliest mass shootings in Texas history, forever changing the lives of survivors and families affected by the tragedy.

"And that was the first time I realized, wait a minute, he's just here to shoot people," survivor Suzanne Hupp told 25 News , recalling the horrific moments that unfolded on Oct. 16, 1991.

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Decades later, Hupp said it was hard to understand what was happening eight years before even the mass shooting at Columbine.

On that October day, a gunman crashed his pickup into the Luby's cafeteria in Killeen and shot and killed 23 people.

The gunman then killed himself after a standoff with law enforcement.

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