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re: 50th Anniversary of the UT-Austin Clock Tower shooting (8/1/66)
Posted on 8/1/16 at 9:37 am to ell_13
Posted on 8/1/16 at 9:37 am to ell_13
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Not quite.
Touche. The point remains though - it could have been worse as the wounded lay there out in the open.
I cannot get over how crazy, yet controlled he was. Killed his family because he didn't want them to deal with the aftermath. Knew he was going to do it for sometime, wrote about it, and seemed to genuinely want to avoid it, but came to the conclusion that it had to be done.
To some extent it reminds me of James Huberty and the McDonald's shooting from the 1980s. Both men knew there was something wrong with them - Huberty even insisting on mental care - but eventually they couldn't contain it anymore. Seems like a far cry from the mass shooters we've seen recently.
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Posted on 8/1/16 at 9:57 am to slackster
Heard audio of phone calls once (did not know things were recorded then) of a local sporting goods store calling police to offer th rifles that he had. I believe a couple were used to keep him pinned down.
I always wondered in this day and age how people would feel about how Whitman was killed. I saw an interview where the cop put a couple extra into Whitman to make sure he stayed down. Probably would have been outcry as there would have been 5 news choppers and 100 smartphone videos of events.
Never heard about the buckshot between the eyes.
I always wondered in this day and age how people would feel about how Whitman was killed. I saw an interview where the cop put a couple extra into Whitman to make sure he stayed down. Probably would have been outcry as there would have been 5 news choppers and 100 smartphone videos of events.
Never heard about the buckshot between the eyes.
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