Wikipedia: At 11:48 a.m. Whitman began shooting from the observation deck 231 feet (70 m) above the ground,[16] targeting people on the campus and on a section of Guadalupe Street known as the Drag, which was home to coffee shops, bookstores, and other student hangouts.Wilson was the first person Whitman shot from the tower. She and Eckman were leaving…
Month: March 2020
Segment 6 of 9, The UT Sniper, Dissecting the Life and Legacy of Charles Whitman
In this Segment we talk about the court martial Charles faced in the Marines for usery, gambling, possession of a personal firearm and threatening to ‘kick the teeth out’ of a fellow Marine. Was the court martial legitimate charges, trumped up charges, or what? We also tap in to Out of the Blue: 50 Years…
Segment 5 of 9, The UT Sniper, Dissecting the Life and Legacy of Charles Whitman. (Honoring Mary Frances Gabour Lamport.)
In this segment we learn about Mary Frances Gabour Lamport’s account of that fateful day in August, and her faith journey after she, and her family, were shot in the stairwell by Charles Whitman in the UT Tower. Next, we will talk about what really happened when Charles was court martialed, and we will also…