Book Report On Charles Whitman

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Charles Whitman Charles Whitman was born on June 24, 1941, in Lake Worth, Florida; Charles Whitman served as a Marine before enrolling in the University of Texas. Suffering from mental illness and acute fits of anger, Whitman killed his mother and wife and on August 1, 1966, went atop a 300-foot tower, targeting people in the vicinity. He would kill 16 and injure many others before he was killed by police, who stormed the tower. Whitman was born on June 24, 1941, in Lake Worth, Florida. Taught at an early age to handle guns, Whitman was a model student and Eagle Scout who left home early to escape a violent father. He joined the Marine Corps to be a sharpshooter and then entered the University of Texas, where he met his future wife, Kathryn

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