Charles Whitman
Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was an engineering student and former Marine who killed 13 people and an unborn child and wounded 32 others in a shooting rampage located in and around the Tower of the University of Texas on the afternoon of August 1, 1966. Three of the fatalities were killed inside the university's tower, with 11 others murdered after Whitman fired at random targets from the 28th floor observation deck of the Main Building before Whitman was shot and killed by Austin Police Officer Houston McCoy.
Prior to commencing the mass murder at the University of Texas (where he was a student), Whitman had murdered both his wife and mother in Austin.
Read more about Charles Whitman: University Life, Documented Frustrations and Lamentations, Prelude To The Tower Shootings, Autopsy and Burial
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