Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was a student at the University of Texas at Austin

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 and a former Marine who killed 16 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting rampage on and around the university's campus on August 1, 1966.

Whitman killed three of his victims inside the university's tower, and 10 others from the 28th floor observation deck of the University's 307-foot (94 m) administrative building; one, Karen Griffith, died a week after the shooting from her wounds.

The tower massacre

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 happened shortly after Whitman murdered his wife and mother at their homes.