Did You Know? The “Texas Tower Sniper” incident occurred Aug. 1, 1966, when the deranged gunman Charles J. Whitman opened fire at the University of Texas in Austin, killing 16 and wounding 32. I was there, though I was a baby, with my mother in student housing (if I have my family stories correct). My father was closer, in another building, and when the gunfire rang out, people in the room where he was rushed to the window to see what was happening. My father instead stepped back. LEARN MORE.
