when was university of texas shooting
University of Texas Shooting Remembered. University of Texas Shooting Remembered. Before Monday's Virginia Tech deaths, the deadliest campus shooting in the United States was at the University of Texas on Aug. 1, 1966. Firing from the top of a tower on campus, Charles Whitman killed 16 people and injured 31. Shelton Williams, a witness to the Texas shootings and an acquaintance of Whitman talks with Alex Chadwick about the aftermath of the shooting 40 years ago.