Active Shooter - NYPD Shield

Weapon Information: Rifle (AK-47); other
Closest Relationship to the Victim: None
Date Attack Concluded: Same day
Resolution: Force
Sources:
1. Time Magazine, “Middle East: Bullets, Bombs and a Sign of Hope,” May 27,
1974, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,911276-1,00.html.
2. Jack Khoury, Haaretz, “U.S. Filmmakers Plan Documentary on Ma’alot
Massacre,” March 7, 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/833554.html.
3. BBC, “1974: Teenagers Die in Israeli School Attack,”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/15/newsid_4307000/430754
5.stm.
Case #227
August 1, 1966: Charles Joseph Whitman, an architectural engineering student, opened
fire from an observation desk on the University of Texas campus, killing 13 people and
wounding 31 others. Whitman’s attack ended after he was shot by a police officer.
Number of Attack Locations: 1
Location Information: University of Texas in Austin, Texas
Attacker Information: Charles Joseph Whitman (25/M)
Casualties: 13 dead; 31 wounded
Number of Weapons: 4
Weapon Information: 2 rifles (high-power .30-06); shotgun
(sawed-off); and handgun (.357-magnum)
Closest Relationship to the Victim: Academic
Date Attack Concluded: Same day
Resolution: Force
Source:
1. Time Magazine, “The Madman in the Tower,” August 12, 1966,
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,842584,00.html.
144