Category:University of Texas tower shooting
Articles related to the University of Texas tower shooting (1966), an act of mass murder 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. Whitman shot and killed 15 people, including an unborn child, and injured 31 others before he was killed by two Austin Police Department officers approximately 96 minutes after first opening fire from the observation deck. Prior to arriving at the University of Texas, Whitman had stabbed his mother and wife to death—in part to spare both women "the embarrassment" he believed his actions would cause them.
Pages in category "University of Texas tower shooting"
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- 1966 in Texas
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- August 1966 in the United States
- 1960s crimes in Texas
- 1960s mass murders in the United States
- Attacks on schools in the 1960s
- United States Marine Corps in the 20th century
- Crimes in Austin, Texas
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- Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson
- School shootings in Texas
- University and college shootings in the United States
- University of Texas at Austin
- University and college massacres in the United States
- Sniper attacks in the United States