Texas sniper Charles Whitman's story stands out for many reasons, not least of which being that it features a co-star - the University of Texas Tower from which he fired almost unimpeded for 96 ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Austin police officer who helped stop Charles Whitman’s 1966 sniper rampage from atop the University of Texas tower has died. Houston McCoy fired two blasts from his shotgun ...

DALLAS — A Washington, D.C., museum announced Friday that it will display the rifle that sniper Charles Whitman used to kill 16 people and wound 32 others from atop the University of Texas clock tower ...

DALLAS — A Washington, D.C., museum announced Friday that it will display the rifle that sniper Charles Whitman used to kill 16 people and wound 32 others from atop the University of Texas clock tower ...

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Half a century ago, a sniper perched on a University of Texas tower unleashed a killing spree that left 16 dead, and for the first time since then the school will hold an ...

The professors weren’t consulted before the memorial was dedicated on the 50th anniversary of sniper Charles Whitman’s attack last August. The memorial has since been covered with a stone panel ...