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- Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:38 pm
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: Houston McCoy, stopped Charles Whitman, dies
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Re: Houston McCoy, stopped Charles Whitman, dies
Note that four men went up the tower to stop Whitman - three officers and non-LEO Allan Crum. Crum, with a borrowed rifle (my father said it was an M1 Carbine, but I haven't found confirmation), had a negligent discharge on the observation deck, which distracted Whitman as McCoy and Ramirez came around the other way. Officers Ramirez and McCoy shot at Whitman from about 50 feet, missing with Ramirez's revolver and hitting him with McCoy's shotgun.