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University of Texas Clock Tower Shooting 1966
The 1966 UT clock tower massacre saw Charles Whitman, an architectural engineering student and Marine-trained sniper, kill 13 people and wound 31 from the tower, after killing his wife and mother. Police officers and Texas Ranger units eventually killed Whitman, ending a 90 minute rampage atop the 27 story tower in Austin.
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Virginia Tech
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University of Texas
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Texas
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University Cooperative Store
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Charles Joseph Whitman
University of Texas Administration