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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.
Two people were killed and five others were injured before the shooter committed suicide. The shooting was also captured by CCTV. [229] February 11, 2024 Houston, Texas, United States: 1 [note 2] 2 3: CCTV Lakewood Church shooting: A woman opened fire at the Lakewood Church in Houston, injuring two people. [230] May 30, 2024
On July 28, the victims of the shooting were honored at a memorial service in Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge. Hundreds of people were in attendance. Governor Edwards, Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and the wives of the victims made speeches during the service. [79] [80] [81]
Crews on Monday tore down a Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen worshippers in 2017, using heavy machinery to raze the small building even after some families sought to preserve ...
The victims of the shooting range from 5 to 72 years of age. ... Trump says the Texas church shooting 'isn't a guns situation' — watch his full statement on the attack that killed 26 people ...
A man with an assault rifle killed at least 26 people and wounded 20 in a rural Texas church during Sunday services.
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.
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]