[News Clip: Irving Sniper]

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Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the murders of 12-year-old Steven Thomas Gaulden and 43-year-old Raymond Andrews who were both shot and killed by rifle shots fired by a sniper on the Esters Overpass of Highway 183 in Irving, Texas the previous day on December 09, 1978. The story begins with footage of an Irving Police Officer talking to an unidentified person on the telephone about the murders and includes footage of Highway 183, an interview with the same Irving Police Officer about the murders, and concludes with footage of Andrews' … continued below

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1 videocassette (Umatic) (2 min., 8 sec.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.

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KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) December 10, 1978.

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This video is part of the collection entitled: KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 771 times, with 9 in the last month. More information about this video can be viewed below.

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Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the murders of 12-year-old Steven Thomas Gaulden and 43-year-old Raymond Andrews who were both shot and killed by rifle shots fired by a sniper on the Esters Overpass of Highway 183 in Irving, Texas the previous day on December 09, 1978. The story begins with footage of an Irving Police Officer talking to an unidentified person on the telephone about the murders and includes footage of Highway 183, an interview with the same Irving Police Officer about the murders, and concludes with footage of Andrews' car.

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1 videocassette (Umatic) (2 min., 8 sec.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.

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KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection

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  • December 10, 1978

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  • Oct. 14, 2016, 10:12 p.m.

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  • July 4, 2020, 2:26 a.m.

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KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Clip: Irving Sniper], video, December 10, 1978; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc913990/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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