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Charles Whitman
Charles Joseph Whitman was an American mass murderer who became infamous as the "Texas Tower Sniper."
On August 1, 1966. He used knives in the slaying of his mother and his wife in their respective homes. He then went to the University of Texas in Austin, where the rampage began. He shot and killed three people inside the university tower. He then went to the tower's 28th-floor observation deck, where he fired at random people for some 96 minutes, killing an additional eleven people and wounding thirty-one others before he was shot and killed by Austin police officers Ramiro Martinez and Houston McCoy. A total of sixteen people were killed; a 17th victim died 35 years later from injuries sustained in the attack.
The tower observation deck
At approximately 11:35 a.m., Whitman arrived on the University of Texas at Austin campus. He falsely identified himself as a research assistant and told a security guard he was there to deliver equipment. He then climbed to the 28th floor of the UT tower and opened fire from the observation deck with a hunting rifle and other weapons.
Whitman killed seventeen people and wounded thirty-one in the 96 minutes before he was shot and killed by Austin police officers Ramiro Martinez and Houston McCoy. During that time, police were aided by several civilians who provided suppressive fire with their own rifles.
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Charles Joseph Whitman was an American mass murderer who became infamous as the "Texas Tower Sniper."
On August 1, 1966. He used knives in the slaying of his mother and his wife in their respective homes. He then went to the University of Texas in Austin, where the rampage began. He shot and killed three people inside the university tower. He then went to the tower's 28th-floor observation deck, where he fired at random people for some 96 minutes, killing an additional eleven people and wounding thirty-one others before he was shot and killed by Austin police officers Ramiro Martinez and Houston McCoy. A total of sixteen people were killed; a 17th victim died 35 years later from injuries sustained in the attack.
The tower observation deck
At approximately 11:35 a.m., Whitman arrived on the University of Texas at Austin campus. He falsely identified himself as a research assistant and told a security guard he was there to deliver equipment. He then climbed to the 28th floor of the UT tower and opened fire from the observation deck with a hunting rifle and other weapons.
Whitman killed seventeen people and wounded thirty-one in the 96 minutes before he was shot and killed by Austin police officers Ramiro Martinez and Houston McCoy. During that time, police were aided by several civilians who provided suppressive fire with their own rifles.
Information Sourced from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitman
Body Sourced From:
DarkDocumentaries
https://youtu.be/Jy1B5mfzCBA
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Public Access America
PublicAccessPod Productions
Footage edited by PublicAccessPod
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