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Charles Whitman: The Texas Tower Sniper
Description
On August 1, 1966, Marine veteran Charles Whitman murdered his mother and his wife, then went to the 28th floor observation deck of the University of Texas Austin's main building. When he was done,17 people were dead and 31 injured - making it one of the nation's worst shootings of all time.
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Sources
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/university-of-texas-tower-shooting-1966
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitman
Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Whitman_(1963).jpg
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