Recapping the Shooting/Assassination

In the photo below, we see Secret Service Agent George Hickey holding the AR-15 Rifle as he described in his statement.  Everything else in the picture is consistent with Hickey's statement (see posting above).  The shots had already occurred and both cars are speeding towards Parkland hospital.

Agent Clint Hill (part of Mrs. Kennedy's detail) is the only agent to have made it to the car (for reasons that have never been explained).  Could it be that some of the agents were complicit in the plan to kill the president?

Hickey states (see Dec 26) entry above that at first he heard what he thought was a firecracker coming from the rear, right, ground level.  Could it have been a firecracker?  This is consistent with other witnesses who saw a spark on the ground and who smelled gunpowder (used in firecrackers) at the rear of the motorcade.

In any case, the significant shot came from the area of the Grassy Knoll.  This was the kill-shot that blew the President's brains out the back of his head.  This fact is supported by -

1. The Zapruder film evidence.
2. The eye-witness accounts/evidence.
3. The autopsy evidence including photographs.


A recap of the three "shots" - 


1. Shot #1 was not an actual shot, but a firecracker lit off by one person involved. It served as a distraction and it set the killing in motion.  It was lit by someone standing at the right of the motorcade (or possibly was dropped out of the right side of one of the motorcade cars).  Governor Connally heard the noise and turned around putting him in line with the second shot (which was actual gunfire). 

2. Shot #2 was actually the first gunshot.   The first sound was a firecracker.  It was quickly followed by shot #3 (the kill-shot).  This second shot came from behind the President's car.  It entered the President in the back and went straight through him and into Governor Connolly. It might have come from the 6th floor of the Book Depository.  This is uncertain.

3. Shot #3 was the kill-shot.  A hired gun (may or may not have been James Files; just who did the shooting is not extremely relevant as the man was surely a hired assassin and not part of the conspiracy to kill the President).  The assassin was told to aim for the center of the forehead (a sure kill).  He was only slight off shooting the President just above his right eye (as numerous witnesses attested to and the Zapruder film clearly shows).  A shot to the center of the head was difficult from the angle of the assassin because Kennedy was slightly slumped over following the first shot from behind.