Charles Joseph Whitman was a student at the University of Texas at Austin who shot and killed 14 people (including those who survived the initial shooting but later died as a result of their injuries) and wounded 31 others from the observation deck of the University's Main Building of The University of Texas at Austin on August 1, 1966, after murdering his wife and mother, and before being shot by Austin police. Wikipedia
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Charles Whitman: The Texas Tower Sniper.August 1 1966 Charles Whitman began a shooting spree from the University of Texas Tower in Austin Texas. www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/mass/whitman/
Whitman left this letter attached to a yellow legal pad and placed under the covers next to the body of his mother, Elizabeth Whitman, in Aug. 1, 1966, in her Austin apartment. www.statesman.com/specialreports/content/specialreports/w...
Charles Whitman Texas tower shootings - Huntley / Brinkley ReportNOTE: the music in the background is the result of a bad videotape copy, not an original pa... www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTU5lPzKvjI
The following is a list of resources available at the Austin History Center for those researching the Charles Whitman mass murder. www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/ahc/whitmat.htm