Charles Whitman 5/5

Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 August 1, 1966), a student at the University of Texas at Austin, was a spree killer who murdered 14 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting rampage on and around the university's campus. Three were killed inside the University's tower and ten killed from the 29th floor observation deck of the University's 307 foot administrative building on August 1, 1966; one died a week later from her wounds. The tower massacre happened shortly after Whitman murdered his wife and mother at their homes. He was shot and killed by Austin Police Officer Houston McCoy, assisted by Austin Police Officer Ramiro Martinez. The incident was the deadliest university shooting in United States history until the Virginia Tech massacre of 2007.

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[jimswe]

thank you so much for uploading, it was very interesting.

[prettylilpuppet]

@jimswe

You're welcome. Thank you for watching! :)

[DartmouthAlum96]

This is a powerhouse of a documentary! I agree that Charles Whitman changed the way Americans perceive being in public places. I also think he did more to galvinize the gun control movement than any other single figure in U.S. history. That's quite an irony considering that both he and his father were gun nuts.

[mrsmelzbad]

@DartmouthAlum96 He was a former Marine trained to kill by the US Gubbmint,... he used a common hunting rifle not a assualt weapon. This was 1966 in TEXAS.... gun control wasnt even thought of for many, many years. Even today there are zillions of hunters & "gun nuts" as you put it. ...... even mention controlling guns in TX will get you bitch slapped. He was also found to have a brain tumor.... guns dont kill people, defective people kill people.. You liberals always gotta start your BS.

[JohnsonBoba]

@enigma19833 shut the FUCK up you fucking cracker. get a fucking life.

[angierios1992]

Enigma19833  how u know that???

[johnnycmajor]

@enigma19833 I heard the same thing.

[enigma19833]

THE REAL SHOOTER WAS A YOUNG GEORGE W. BUSH! WHITMAN WAS FRAMED BY A CIA CONSPIRACY.

[igspal]

Ps. MOST physical/medical brain brain disorders are due simply 2 A BACTERIA in the blood that went to the brain (ie. Lyme Disease) &/OR MALNUTRITION &/OR HEAVY METAL(S) TOXICITY...but, MAINSTREAM medicine RARELY EVER LOOKS INTO THESE CAUSES, & WOULD RATHER REFER A PATIENT 2 A SHRINK, WHO THEN PUTS HIM/HER ON Rx DRUGS, WHILE THE PHYSICAL disorder GETS WORSE!!! BIG PHARMA'S CORRUPTION OF MAINSTREAM MEDICINE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THIS SUFFERING (on the part of the patient AND his/her victims)!!

[igspal]

If you research it, you'd find that most (if not all) mass murderers either had a PHYSICAL/MEDICAL brain disorder &/or were on PYSCHOTROPIC/PRESCRIPTION drugs!!! (The reason we haven't found that EVERY mass murderer had one or both of these issues, is because a proper autopsy hasn't been done on every one of them.) THIS is the one thing I TRULY concur w/Scientologists on!

[steve7138]

this week-Aug. 1, 2011-45th anniv. of the killings.

[TheSassyblues]

Very sad story