Just before noon, from high atop the University of Texas Tower, an ex-Marine sharpshooter named Charles Whitman leveled his rifle over the railing, peered through his scope and shot a pregnant ...

Smoke rose from sniper Charles Whitman's gun as he fired from the tower of the University of Texas administration building on crowds below in Austin on Aug. 1, 1966. This year marks the 50th ...

A rifle reportedly used to carry out one of the worst killing sprees in Texas history is up for sale in Dallas by a gun collector. The Remington 700 rifle used by ex-Marine Charles Whitman during ...

On Aug. 1, 1966, an ex-Marine named Charles Whitman packed a half-dozen guns into a military-issue foot locker, lugged it to the observation deck of a 28-story tower on the campus of the ...

Gunby, 58, became the 17th murder victim of Charles J. Whitman, the monster who put shooting massacres on the curriculum in America’s schools. On Aug. 1, 1966, Gunby, a student at the University ...

Charles Glen Whitman, 85, passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Charles, known as Glen, was born in Bend Oregon to Minnie Louise (Hanneman) Whitman and Charles Henry Whitman on March 13 ...

CANFIELD — Charles H. Whitman, 96, of Boardman, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, at the Shepherd of the Valley. Born March 3, 1928, in Youngstown, he was the son of the late ...