How Did Charles Whitman Kill The Sniper

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In this situation the officer was actually justified to kill the sniper. The theory I based my views on this matter is consequentialism. This case reminds me of a very similar one where Charles Whitman, an engineering student, wounded with a rifle over thirty people at the University of Texas at Austin, killing thirteen others. As well as the case I chose, he was also killed by a police officer. In the first place, the sniper in the story had already killed three people, 2
“three are seriously injured and three are killed.” (Thiroux/Krasmann, 187) he was a menace and he needed to be

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