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The University of Texas tower shooting was an act of mass murder that occurred on August 1, 1966, at the University of Texas at Austin.The perpetrator, 25-year-old Marine veteran Charles Whitman, indiscriminately fired at members of the public, both within the Main Building tower and from the tower's observation deck.
Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was an American mass murderer and Marine veteran who became known as the "Texas Tower Sniper".On August 1, 1966, Whitman used knives to kill his mother and his wife in their respective homes, then went to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) with multiple firearms and began indiscriminately shooting at people.
August 1, 1966 Austin, Texas, United States: 18 [note 2] 31 49: News cameras University of Texas tower shooting: A man murdered his wife and mother before entering his university where he killed three and wounded two inside. He then perched himself on top of the university and opened fire on the people below, killing a further twelve and ...
The shooting was broadcast live on network television. University of Texas tower shooting: Austin: August 1, 1966: 18: A student, sniper, Charles Whitman, barricaded himself atop a campus tower, shooting at the people down below before being shot by Austin police officers. San Antonio parade shooting: San Antonio: April 27, 1979: 3
With the sanction of the government, the Red Guards killed 324 people from 171 families (including the elderly and infants), before a garrison of Beijing police finally intervened to halt the killings. [185] At the same time, killing of families was in its fifth day in the Changping District, where 327 people would be slaughtered over ten days ...
Texas mall gunman is identified as Mauricio Garcia. 11:00, Andrea Blanco. The gunman who murdered eight people at a Texas mall on Saturday has been identified as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia ...
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Tower is a 2016 American mostly-animated documentary film about the 1966 shootings at the University of Texas at Austin directed and produced by Keith Maitland. [2]The film follows the shooting from the perspectives of several survivors, recreating their recounts via actors filmed and later animated in rotoscoping. [3]