University of Texas Tower

On August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman, ascended The University of Texas at Austin's 27-story tower on August 1, 1966, and began shooting passersby in the city and on the campus below, after having killed his mother and his wife the night before. In all Whitman killed 15 people and wounded 31 others before he was shot dead by Austin police. (Some accounts allege 16 or 17 victims, citing a later suicide stemming from the attacks, and a pregnant woman who subsequently miscarried.) At autopsy Whitman was found to have suffered from a brain tumor affecting the limbic system. Kurt Russel played the role of Whitman in the 1975 made for TV move "The Deadly Tower".