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The Main Building of the University of Texas at 12:53 p.m. August 1, 1966. 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 ...
Box office. $101,987 [1] 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]
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.
Ramiro Martinez (police officer) 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.
2024 For a more comprehensive list, see List of mass shootings in the United States in 2024. Date Location Dead Injured Total Description November 10, 2024 Tuskegee, Alabama 1 12 13 Tuskegee University shooting: During the 100th homecoming week celebration at Tuskegee University, a man opened fire on campus, killing an unaffiliated teen and wounding twelve others, including students. Four ...
On May 7, 2019, a school shooting occurred at STEM School Highlands Ranch, a charter school located in Douglas County, Colorado, United States, in the Denver suburb of Highlands Ranch. One student was killed and eight others were injured. Sixteen-year-old Alec McKinney and eighteen-year-old Devon Erickson were convicted on dozens of charges and ...
Original release. Network. NBC. Release. October 18, 1975. (1975-10-18) The Deadly Tower (also known as Sniper) is a 1975 American made-for-television action drama thriller film directed by Jerry Jameson. It stars Kurt Russell and Richard Yniguez [1] and is based on the University of Texas tower shooting.
Matthew Shepard. Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998. [1] He was taken by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died six days later from severe ...