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OConnor
Summer2015
Midland city
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ARTSFESTIVALRAMPAGE
Nonekilled,11injured.
DwayneHoover,aMidlandCitynative,injured11attheintroductorydinnertothefirstannualMidland
CityFestivaloftheArtsonSeptember28th.Thefestivalwillbepostponed.Thecauseofhisrampageisunknown,
butsomewitnessessayheclaimedtobeexercisinghisfreewill.
Hekepttellinmebouthowhedidntcareaboutnoone,notcancerorwarorcaraccidents,causeweare
allrobotsandwhyshouldhecarewhathappenstomachines?saidWayneHoobler,avictimofHooversassault.
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Theriotbeganat9:04PMinthecocktailloungeofthenewHolidayInn.Witnessesstatehewasreading
NowIt
CanBeTold
byKilgoreTroutdirectlybeforehebecameviolent.Hooversfirstvictimwashisson,BunnyHoover,
whohadbeenplayingthepiano.Hewasleftwithabrokennose,twoknockedoutteeth,aconcussion,anda
dislocatedjaw,aswellasaseveredearandlip.Heprovidednocomment.OthercasualtiesincludeBonnie
MacMahon,BeatriceKeedsler,andFrancinePefko.KilgoreTrout,theauthorofthebookthatallegedlyfueledthe
attack,waspresentatthetime.HewasspeakingattheMidlandCityFestivaloftheArts.HooverbitoffTrouts
rightindexfinger,butlefttherestofhimunscathed.TroutalsoprovidednocommentonHooversactions.
AlthoughTroutsbookseemedtobetheprimaryreasonfortheattack,aninsidesourcetellsusthatHooverhad
beenspiralingintoinsanityformonths.ThechargesplacedonDwayneHooverarecurrentlyunknown.9/28/72