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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.
About an hour later, a double homicide was reported involving a male victim and a female victim. At 4:57 p.m., a male cyclist called 911, reporting he had been shot, with non-life-threatening ...
Vigil was held on Sunday for Cleveland shooting victims as Francisco Oropesa, 38, remains on the run
The shooting in Allen, Texas, on Saturday was the latest eruption of what has been an unprecedented pace of mass killings in the U.S. Barely a week before, authorities say, a man fatally shot five ...
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
2015 Umpqua Community College shooting; 2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting; 2000 University of Arkansas shooting; 2008 University of Central Arkansas shooting; 1991 University of Iowa shooting; 2019 University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting; University of Texas tower shooting; 2022 University of Virginia shooting
Ramiro "Ray" Martinez (born January 20, 1937) is a former Austin Police Department officer whose actions contributed to the ending of the University of Texas tower shootings when he, two other officers and a deputized civilian reached and killed sniper Charles Whitman on August 1, 1966.
A three-year-old boy, two elementary-age sisters, a young engineer from India and mall workers are among the eight people killed in last weekend’s horror mass shooting in Allen, Texas. The ...