Author: Gary M. Lavergne
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Publication Date: October 1, 2012
Edition: Kindle (324 pages)
A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Murders by Gary M. LavergneMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
On August 1, 1966 Charles Joseph Whitman became the face of mass murder in the United States by shooting people from the observation deck of the tower at the University of Texas in Austin. Charles Whitman also murdered his mother and his wife on the night prior to the shootings.
The detail in this work is amazing. Gary M. Lavergne has documented the childhood and family life of Charles Whitman and the events leading up to the murders, as well as the events of August 1, 1966. Why would someone commit mass murder? Were the police prepared in any way for such an event in 1966? Was the police response appropriate? All of these questions are fully explored in this work, honestly and forthrightly.
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