Monte Akers

16-Year-Old Kid, Texas Panhandle

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Monte Akers was a 16-year-old kid living in the Texas Panhandle at the time of the UT Tower shooting.

Akers is currently a historian, author and practicing attorney living in Austin. He is co-author of the book Tower Sniper: The Terror of American’s First Active Shooter on Campus.