Not just police......
1966 - On this date in 1966, .... Police returned his fire from the ground...
They were also accompanied by a civilian with a long arm.... while police officers Ramiro Martinez and Houston McCoy gained the observation deck, where they shot and killed Whitman.
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I remember reading an account by someone on campus that day, who was visiting a professor in the professor's office. When the shooting started, the professor took his hunting rifle off of his filing cabinet and went to see what he could do.