![]() The shooting continued until the afternoon.Īs Whitman sat with his back against the north wall, A police officer, Ramiro Martinez fired six shots from his 38 police revolver from 50 feet. His brother, hit with shots to the head and neck, recoiled down the stairs and landed at the feet of his family. Whitman fired, and the 16-year old went down - dead. At 11 am, he started the drive to the tower.Īfter Whitman barricaded the observation town, two brothers, one 16, the other 18, tried to move past. Packing food, coffee earplugs, water lighter fluid robe, a machete, three knives and toilet paper, Whitman stepped into khaki coveralls. Whitman modified some of the weapons and sawed off the barrel of the 12-guague. ![]() ![]() Whitman’s next stop was Sears where he bought a 12 gauge semi-automatic shotgun. Instead, he drove to Chuck’s Gun Shop and bought four more carbine magazines, six boxes of ammo and gun cleaning solvent. Buying a Universal M1 carbine and two additional ammo magazines with eight boxes of ammo, Whitman told the cashier that he was going out to hunt wild hogs. Very early on the morning of August 1, 1966, Whitman murdered his wife and mother. When the sun went down, Whitman had shot 49 - and killed 16. Increasing in frequency, mass shootings have seared the conscience of America and have almost become “business as usual”.Ĭharles Whitman was studying engineering at the University of Texas when he went into the school’s iconic tower and started shooting. With the latest mass shooting in Orlando, the country - and Congress - have been slower to act. President Lyndon Johnson signed the Gun Control Act of 1968 which would compel the licensing of firearms dealers. Within months of the rifle’s last echo, discussions of suggested legislation, begun following John Kennedy’s assassination, began to move ahead again. The shooting shook the nation’s conscience. If not, criminal justice attorney Nick Wooldridge reminds. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA)Ĭharles Whit man and America’s First Mass ShootingĪnyone who was born before 1955 can remember America’s first mass shooting.
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