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Black-and-white photo of the University of Texas clock tower with smoke rising from a window below the clock, marking the location of the 1966 sniper attack by Charles Whitman.

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Portrait of Charles Whitman in a suit and tie, facing forward and smiling.

Charles Whitman

American assassin

Richard Speck, 1966

Richard Speck

American murderer