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During the pre-dawn hours of August 1, 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman murdered his mother in her apartment. He murdered his wife in her bed. Later that same morning, around 11:30, he bought a variety of ammunition and a shotgun. He then went to the University of Texas Tower, taking with him a footlocker, six guns, knives, food and water.
After clubbing the receptionist on the twenty-eighth floor to death, he killed two more people and wounded two others who were coming up the stairs from the twenty-seventh floor. Then he climbed toward the tower. From there he gunned down forty-five people inside and around the Tower.
In addition to promoting the rise of S.W.A.T. teams to respond to future crises, the murders spawned debates over issues which still plague America today: domestic violence, child abuse, drug abuse, military indoctrination, the insanity defense, and the delicate balance between civil liberties and public safety. (Amazon)
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