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In the Shadow of the Tower (Part 1): A “Good Boy”

Posted on August 1, 2020 by hometown

On August 1, 1966, just hours after killing his mother and wife, Charles Whitman, twenty-five, entered the Tower on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin. Armed with four rifles and other guns he shot and killed fourteen … Continue reading →

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