#CHARLES WHITMAN DEATH MOVIE#
Portrayed in the movie as a nagging Hispanic woman in fact she is a blonde, blue-eyed German. In 1976 Martinez received an undisclosed out-of-court settlement after suing the producers of the made-for-TV film The Deadly Tower for negative and racist depictions of his wife, Martinez grabbed McCoy's shotgun, ran to Whitman's prone body, and fired a direct shotgun blast into deceased Whitman's left arm. McCoy fired again, hitting Whitman on his left side. McCoy leaped out while Martinez was firing and saw Whitman's head looking over the light ballast, McCoy fired at the top of the ballast, hitting Whitman between the eyes with several pellets, killing Whitman instantly. Martinez jumped out and fired in the direction of Whitman, missing with all of his revolver shots. McCoy, armed with a shotgun, caught up with Martinez and they noticed Whitman sitting in an opposite corner. Crum told the officers where Martinez was. Officer Houston McCoy came to the top of the tower with Officer Jerry Day. Martinez and Crum went out the door, and as Crum guarded the South side, Martinez went around the Southeast side to find the shooter(s). Martinez dislodged a dolly used by Whitman to block the door that led to the observation deck of the Main Building tower at the University of Texas at Austin. Arriving at the campus, Martinez went to the top of the tower with civilian Allen Crum.
Martinez was off duty on August 1, 1966, when he learned via television of the Texas Tower sniper shooting. After three years as a combat medic in the United States Army, he joined the Austin Police Department, graduating from the police academy in 1961. He enrolled in the University of Texas at Austin, but dropped out for financial reasons.
Martinez was born in Kent County, Texas and graduated from Rotan (Texas) High School in 1956. Ramiro "Ray" Martinez (born January 20, 1937) is a former Austin Police Department officer whose actions contributed to the ending of the University of Texas tower shootings when he, two other officers and a deputized civilian reached and killed sniper Charles Whitman on August 1, 1966.
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