University of Texas tower shooting

==Immediate aftermath==

==Immediate aftermath==

===Public convergence===

===Public convergence===

[[File:Charles Whitman University of Texas at Austin Victim Location Brownsville Herald August 2, 1966 Page 10.jpg|235px|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Contemporary aerial illustration of the [[University of Texas at Austin]], depicting the locations of those shot from the Main Building]]

[[File:Charles Whitman University of Texas at Austin Victim Location Brownsville Herald August 2, 1966 Page 10.jpg|235px|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Contemporary aerial illustration of the [[University of Texas at Austin]], depicting the locations of several individuals shot from the Main Building]]

In the minutes immediately following the media announcement of the end of the University of Texas tower shooting, several hundred students, staff, and citizens within the vicinity of the Main Building emerged from cover and silently converged upon and around the campus. According to one survivor, few "said anything" as all present were in a state of disbelief and stunned silence.{{cite web|last=Walsh|first=Katie|url=https://thedailytexan.com/2016/08/01/50-years-later-1966-freshman-remembers-fallen-friends-horrors-of-tower-shooting/|title=50 Years Later, 1966 Freshman Remembers Fallen Friends, Horrors of Tower Shooting|access-date=January 29, 2023|work=[[The Daily Texan]]|date=August 1, 2016|archive-date=January 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129062957/https://thedailytexan.com/2016/08/01/50-years-later-1966-freshman-remembers-fallen-friends-horrors-of-tower-shooting/|url-status=live}} [[KTBC (TV)|KTBC]] reporter Neal Spelce later stated those converging upon campus "looked like they were [[Hypnosis|mesmerized]] ... they, they weren't looking at each other; they weren't ''talking'' to each other ... most of them were just kind of walking around as if dazed and wondering what in the world has happened ... to ''my'' world."{{cite web|url=https://www.thefilmcollaborative.org/films/img/dialoguelists/TOWER_Dialogue_List_063016.pdf|title=Tower Submission|access-date=January 29, 2023|publisher=[[The Film Collaborative]]|date=August 1, 2016|archive-date=January 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129074105/https://www.thefilmcollaborative.org/films/img/dialoguelists/TOWER_Dialogue_List_063016.pdf|url-status=live}}

In the minutes immediately following the media announcement of the end of the University of Texas tower shooting, several hundred students, staff, and citizens within the vicinity of the Main Building emerged from cover and silently converged upon and around the campus. According to one survivor, few "said anything" as all present were in a state of disbelief and stunned silence.{{cite web|last=Walsh|first=Katie|url=https://thedailytexan.com/2016/08/01/50-years-later-1966-freshman-remembers-fallen-friends-horrors-of-tower-shooting/|title=50 Years Later, 1966 Freshman Remembers Fallen Friends, Horrors of Tower Shooting|access-date=January 29, 2023|work=[[The Daily Texan]]|date=August 1, 2016|archive-date=January 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129062957/https://thedailytexan.com/2016/08/01/50-years-later-1966-freshman-remembers-fallen-friends-horrors-of-tower-shooting/|url-status=live}} [[KTBC (TV)|KTBC]] reporter Neal Spelce later stated those converging upon campus "looked like they were [[Hypnosis|mesmerized]] ... they, they weren't looking at each other; they weren't ''talking'' to each other ... most of them were just kind of walking around as if dazed and wondering what in the world has happened ... to ''my'' world."{{cite web|url=https://www.thefilmcollaborative.org/films/img/dialoguelists/TOWER_Dialogue_List_063016.pdf|title=Tower Submission|access-date=January 29, 2023|publisher=[[The Film Collaborative]]|date=August 1, 2016|archive-date=January 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129074105/https://www.thefilmcollaborative.org/films/img/dialoguelists/TOWER_Dialogue_List_063016.pdf|url-status=live}}