Remembering the UT Tower shooting 59 years later

AUSTIN (KXAN) —Friday marks 59 years since the tragic University of Texas Tower shooting.

On Aug. 1, 1966, a man by the name of Charles Whitman disguised himself as a janitor and carried bags of guns to the top of the UT Tower.

Whitman set up on the observation deck of the tower where he then opened fire on the people below…

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