Remembering the UT Tower Shooting 59 Years Later

KXAN ^ | Nabil Remadna

[nickcarraway]

What do you think? There are definitely cases where a brain tumor in the wrong spot caused someone to do something they ordinarily wouldn’t do.

[logi_cal869]

I remember that movie, but I think that I saw in b/w with commercials.

I’d have never remembered the name of it. Thanks for posting!

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Peter Bogdanovitch plays Boris Karloft’s assistant in the second half.

[logi_cal869]

I had to look up his character’s photo: I didn’t recognize him as having been in it until you commented. I only knew him from the Sopranos as an actor (Dr. Melfie’s shrink).

Targets rates 7.3 on IMDB. Impressive. I need to rent it; would be nice to see it without commercials and in color.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Like I said, the first half is excellent, the last half has too much drama but it’s still better than the crap they call movies now.

[logi_cal869]

I just can’t recall. Renting it tonight. Looking forward to it.

[Big Red Badger]

JFK,RFK and King.
Throw in ‘Nam and Manson it was
A Very Bad Time for All.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

"When Whitman began shooting, the Austin Police Department was ill-equipped for the situation. They mostly possessed only their service revolvers and shotguns, weapons that were useless when it came to long distances. If they did possess a rifle, it was because it was a personal weapon. The officers weren’t alone, though. Once bystanders realized what was going on, many ran to retrieve their own firearms and fired back at the tower. In a few instances, police officers drove people in their squad cars to purchase ammunition or to pick up rifles. Some people asked police what to do if they had a shot at the sniper. The police said that they should shoot to kill."

One could envision a completely analogous situation happening today, but with drones instead of rifles: a terrorist drone attack being countered by individually owned drones assisting law enforcement.