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To: vaudine

Charles Whitman...the Texas Tower shooter.


446 posted on 04/16/2007 9:06:36 AM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: DCPatriot

Yeah, I just googled the story, which I should have done before I posted. Anyway, he was not a Viet vet, but served as a Marine for several years which lead up to Vietnam. He was a sharpshooter and his specialty was hitting running targets at long distance. He killed 14 people, including his wife and mother, both of whom he killed the night before, and wounded dozens of others. He was from a wealthy, but disfunctional family with a violent father that he could never please. He was also found to have a small brain tumor at autopsy, which may have contributed to his depression.

vaudine


550 posted on 04/16/2007 9:27:25 AM PDT by vaudine
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