Story highlights Gary M. Lavergne: The Las Vegas shooting rampage resembles the University of Texas tower tragedyBoth shooters shot from elevated positions to inflict massive harm and remind Americans just how vulnerable we are to violence, writes LavergneGary M. Lavergne is the author of four books, including "A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Murders," which tells the story of the University of Texas tower tragedy of 1966. (CNN) On August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman ascended the iconic University of Texas tower and in 96 minutes fired 150 rounds from a number of weapons upon an unsuspecting public. But whenever mass shootings like Sunday's Las Vegas rampage happen, I am reminded of the UT tower tragedy of 1966 and just how vulnerable we have been for some time now. Gary M. LavergneIt is easy to draw parallels between the incidents in Austin in 1966 and Las Vegas in 2017. In the end, the shooting only stopped when the shooters were killed, or in the case of Las Vegas, when the shooter killed himself.

Source: CNN October 02, 2017 22:42 UTC