Mass murderer. An Eagle Scout at age twelve, a one-time Marine Lance Corporal, and a student at the University of Texas, he stabbed his mother and his wife to death in the early morning hours of August 1, 1966. He then took an arsenal of guns to the top of the Tower overlooking most of the University campus. After fatally wounding a receptionist and opening fire on four tourists, killing two, he terrorized the campus with rifle fire, killing fourteen people (plus one unborn child), and wounding about twice that many before two Austin police officers, Houston McCoy and Ramiro Martinez, joined forces to storm the Tower and take out the sniper. Charles Whitman had an American flag draped over his casket at the Roman Catholic funeral service he shared with his mother.
Mass murderer. An Eagle Scout at age twelve, a one-time Marine Lance Corporal, and a student at the University of Texas, he stabbed his mother and his wife to death in the early morning hours of August 1, 1966. He then took an arsenal of guns to the top of the Tower overlooking most of the University campus. After fatally wounding a receptionist and opening fire on four tourists, killing two, he terrorized the campus with rifle fire, killing fourteen people (plus one unborn child), and wounding about twice that many before two Austin police officers, Houston McCoy and Ramiro Martinez, joined forces to storm the Tower and take out the sniper. Charles Whitman had an American flag draped over his casket at the Roman Catholic funeral service he shared with his mother.
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