Ray and an armed (with his shotgun) civilian school administrator, both went up to the top of the tower together to stop Whitman. When they stepped out of the elevator at the top, Ray went around the tower in one direction and the armed civilian went the other way. It was pure chance that Ray encountered Whitman first, and hence, pure chance that Whitman was not shot down by an armed civilian school staff member, instead of an LEO. That’s how people reacted back in those days. [More]
There are a lot of great comments under yesterday's AmmoLand piece, but this one by "oldshooter" is outstanding, not to mention educational -- especially as he recalls the prevalence of guns in college dorm and frat house life back before subversives and useful idiots took over.
According to Wiki, Ramiro (Ray) and Houston (who killed the subject) went one way, while Allen ("civilian") and Jerry went the other way. Allen had an ND, the shooter focused his attention upon Allen and Jerry after hearing the ND, giving Ray and Houston the chance to sneak up on him, whereupon Ray went all batshit and dumped his revolver in Whitman's general direction. Then Houston plugged him with a shotgun, and Ray, still acting batshit, grabbed Houston's shotgun, ran up to Whitman, and shot him in the arm.
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying the Wiki story above is perfectly correct, but I believe it's closer to the truth than the story Ray told his friend years later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitman