They Call Me Ranger Ray: From the UT Tower Sniper to Corruption in South Texas

Martinez, Ramiro "Ray"

ISBN 10: 0976016206 / ISBN 13: 9780976016205

Published by Rio Bravo Publishing, New Braunfels, Texas, 2006

About this Item

Hardcover, xviii, 266 pp., b/w photos. Excellent condition. SIGNED by the author with brief inscription dated 2006 on the front free endpaper and on the title page without inscription. "More than 100 law enforcement officials gathered to honor the man who began his law enforcement career in 1960 with the Austin Police Department. It was there that Martinez earned the Medal of Valor for ending the U.T. Tower sniper massacre on the campus in 1966.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: They Call Me Ranger Ray: From the UT Tower Sniper to Corruption in South Texas
• Publisher: Rio Bravo Publishing, New Braunfels, Texas
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 0976016206
• ISBN 13: 9780976016205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Fourth Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Texana

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Synopsis

On a hot summer day almost 40 years ago, fate and bravery dramatically altered the life of Ramiro "Ray" Martinez, then a young officer with the Austin Police Department. Martinez, another officer and a civilian made their way to the observation deck of the University of Texas Tower on Aug. 1, 1966 and ended the carnage by infamous sniper Charles J. Whitman. Before being killed by Martinez and Officer Houston McCoy, Whitman's gunfire from atop the UT Tower left 14 dead and 31 wounded. Martinez continued his career in law enforcement and became a Texas Ranger. After retiring from the Rangers, he served as a Comal County justice of the peace. He now has written an autobiography titled "They Call Me Ranger Ray."