April 27, 2007
Major Shootings on American College Campuses
Virginia Tech, April 16, 2007: 33 dead, including the gunman; 26 injured. The gunman opened fire in a dormitory and then in a classroom building.
University of Texas at Austin, August 1, 1966: 16 dead, including the gunman; 31 injured. From atop a 27-story tower, Charles J. Whitman shot and killed 13 people and wounded 31 others before he was shot dead by police. The night before, he shot and killed his mother and his wife. During an autopsy, it was discovered that a brain tumor had
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