A significant event in local history is being remembered. It has been 60 years since a shooting occurred at the University of Texas tower in Austin. Details about the incident are available from local news sources. The person responsible for the shooting had expressed a desire for research to prevent similar events. Further information can be found through KXAN, a local news outlet.
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The University of Texas tower shooting, one of the worst campus shootings in American history, happened 60 years ago on Aug. 1, 1966.
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"Maybe research can prevent further tragedies of this type," the shooter had written.
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