Shooting brings back memories of 1966 UT Tower killings for officer who stopped gunman
06:55 AM CDT on Thursday, September 30, 2010
When Ramiro "Ray" Martinez heard news of Tuesday's shooting spree at the University of Texas in Austin, his mind snapped back 44 years to a far more tragic rampage on the campus.
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Martinez was an Austin police officer then, making lunch before heading off to start his shift at 3 p.m., when he heard a news report about a gunman atop the University of Texas Tower firing at people below.
"I called the [police] station and they said they needed someone to direct traffic, to keep traffic out," said Martinez, now 73 and retired in New Braunfels. "But when I got there, I found everything was fine as