Agent Roy Kellerman said that a flurry of shells came into the car. The sixth shot struck the frame, the windshield and the mirror in rapid succession. Freeman: No Nah ha. A shot from TSBDE will follow the RROP shot within eight tenths of a second. The doctors at Parkland Hospital still insist that the throat wound was an entry wound; they did not see the back wound. On the right is the spot where he is shown standing,. Years after the assassination, Louie Steven Witt came forward to say he was Umbrella Man, and had opened the umbrella in protest of Kennedys fathers relationship to former British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, who frequently appeared in public with an umbrell. 7273, Testimony of Marina Oswald, Kantor Exhibit No. Just after the gun shots rang out in Dealey Plaza the Dallas Police began combing the area around the assassination seen. He leaned over the seat back and ordered LBJ to "Get on the floor." He then jumped over the seat, pushed LBJ to the floor and covered him with his body. The crowds chose to meet in Dealey Plaza and lined themselves around the large white "X" that marks the spot where his father, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1963. Like Umbrella Man, Radio Man was a crowd member who stood watching while President Kennedy was shot. The Badge Man is an unknown figure that is purportedly present within the Mary Moorman photograph of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy in Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963. Groden believes it occurred at Z150 (Acoustic Z147) and caused Kennedy to stop waving. Cutler clearly understood the topography and layout of Dealey Plaza. The building is in the rail yard west of the School Book Depository, and features a hipped roof with wide overhangs. Some researchers believe that shot #8 came from the top of the Dallas Records Building, but the trajectory from the Dallas Records Building to the manhole does not come close to the limousine. Just really a great couple that had a rapport with the crowd. 1 The east window of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository (the Oswald window) TSBDE (shots #1 & #8), 2 The west window of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository TSBDW (shot #5). The mark disappeared amid road work this week in . The photograph shows the angle from the fence and the incline of Elm Street, Roberdeau map showing trajectories to Z175 and the Stemmons Freeway sign, GKF photograph from behind Zapruders pedestal, A shot to the left of Marilyn Sitzman hit the Presidents throat around Z175. Freeman: At that time? I believe it was the intent of the assassination planners to have Oswalds rifle fired from TSBDE and tested by DPD. Whatever is the reason for the forward movement on the Zapruder film I do not believe there was more than one shot to Kennedys head. Live commentary on board. Up to 24 hours in advance. These are established facts. The shooter at TSBDW shot once and hit Governor Connally. The plaza is named for George Bannerman Dealey (18591946), a civic leader and early publisher of The Dallas Morning News, who had campaigned for the area's revitalization. Newspapers around the country carried the news that Kennedy had been shot to the American people: "Kennedy Slain," wrote the Boston Globe. Nice and cozy, well protected, and out of view. The ricochet from this shot traveled northwest across Elm Street toward the Triple Underpass where there were only a few bystanders. Shown are the Texas School Book Depository and the "grassy knoll" in the upper center, the seven-story Dal-Tex Building, and the Dallas County Records Building. The frame absorbed most of the momentum but a piece of the bullet angled down slightly and cracked the windshield then came back and dented the mirror. Three graphics images, all rendered Autocad drawings, test two scenarios. John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. CST in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza.Kennedy was in the vehicle with his wife, Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife, Nellie, when he was fatally shot from the nearby Texas School Book Depository by Lee . The site has been called the "birthplace of Dallas" or the "front door of Dallas" and dates back to the 1840s. Groden believes Kennedy started reacting to the throat shot at Zapruder frame 188. I've said depends on the numbers that I've quoted in the past. hit the street down there, the FBI come out there and cut a plug of that concrete curb out for cit., pg. I guess there was a noise, but it didnt seem like any different noise really because there is so much noise, motorcycles and things. It was 12:30 p.m. Nov. 22, then and now. Missouri, Kansas, & Texas (MKT) Railroad Yards, West of N. Houston St. between Elm St. and Pacific Ave. Six railroad tracks running from north to south converge into four at the Triple Underpass. It is no longer necessary to prove that the Warren Commission was wrong about the shots in Dealey Plaza. Those newspapers can now fetch hundreds of dollars at auction. That is the only shot trajectory which obeys the unique layout found in Dealey Plaza. The acoustic correlation is Z204. There were just under ten seconds from the first to the last shot. Some researchers believe Kennedy was hit from the front and the rear. The exception was the Texas School Book Depository, which was chosen to incriminate Oswald and not for its desirability as a shooting location. But it was necessary for me to do that in order to have close proximity to Mrs. Kennedy. Bill Newman:When we arrived to the location on Elm Street, we had probably been there five minutes or less, and you could hear the parade coming down Main Street. We could have probably made it faster in a car. I assumed that the shooters were professionals who chose locations that maximized cover, effective shots and ease of escape. cit.) The fact that the shooter took two risky shots suggests he did not realize he wasnt expected to hit anything. By the time of the seventh shot, witnesses had been subjected to four audible shots from TSBDE, TSBDW and GKF. After that he either did not hear the succeeding shots or he conflated them into the three shots he heard. Bill Newman:I recall the president turning right on to Houston Street, then the car going that short block and turning back left on Elm. Sixteen cars and a dozen motorcycles were part of the presidential motorcade through Dallas, accompany the Kennedys from Love Field, where Air Force One landed, to the Dallas Trade Mart, where the president was to address civic leaders. Included in Walking Tour and Bus Tour THE GRASSY KNOLL 411 Elm St, Dallas, TX 75202 H. Warner King 4 of 7 Almost immediately, wreaths, tributes and memorials began to accumulate in Dealey. ", Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President J.F.K. The top of the Dal-Tex Building fails as a location with ease of escape. You can no longer spot an "X" in Dealey Plaza. The bullet mark on the south curb of Elm Street noted by Breneman & West ties in with witnesses who reported a shot that hit the pavement. Two and a half seconds later came the shot to Kennedys head, hence the impression of numerous shots. Posted November 11, 2022. Ipswich, MA: Mary Ferrell Foundation Press, 2010) for acoustical correlation to the Zapruder film. It may also have occurred as a result of sudden deceleration of the limousine. He had told us that the previous Monday in a motorcade in Tampa. The trajectory of the hole and the building and the 4 President Kennedy had a wound in his neck. 411 Elm St, Dallas, TX 75202, USA. Jacqueline Kennedy:I tried to stay close to my husband and lots of times you get pushed away, you know, people leaning over and pulling your hand. The DTB shooter will take his second shot at Z268, which is two seconds after the supposed shot to Kennedys back. It was also the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963; 30 minutes after the shooting, Kennedy was pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital.The Dealey Plaza Historic District was named a National Historic Landmark . Here is a Blender representation of that position, showing the exact same view of oncoming cars on Elm Street. 16 President Kennedy had a massive gunshot wound to the head. LONE ASSASSIN Or SHOT FORM THE FRONT AND STABBED IN THE BACK! Copyright 2010, 2011 by William Orchard, Revised 6/2/11, 6/27/11, 7/29/11, 10/28/11, 11/25/11. As he was coming toward us, he was not against the curb lane. A shot fired shortly after the throat shot would give the DTB shooter almost five seconds to reset before his second shot (shot #6 to the frame of the windshield). I see where, How would you silence Oswald if you were in charge of the, The supervisor didn't have to know there was a conspiracy, or, The supervisor didn't have to know there was a conspiracy, or that, cop had been assigned (or volunteered) to shoot Oswald. Dallas street workers have apparently removed the white "X's" that marked the spot where President John F. Kennedy was shot, The Dallas Morning . And then we boarded Air Force One again and flew from Carswell Air Force Base to Love Field. It is sometimes called the "birthplace of Dallas". That was the purpose of creating evidence linking Oswald to the rifle. Jackie Tindel was filming with his home-movie camera at the corner of Main and Harwood, where the motorcade turned toward its final leg down Elm and into Dealey Plaza at around 12:28 pm. Roughly bounded by Pacific Ave., Market St., Jackson St. and right of way of Dallas Right of Way Management Company. 1 - Witnesses reported that the first shot hit the pavement. 3 The second floor of the Dal-Tex Building DTB (Shots #3 & #6). This suggests that the DTB shooter fired after the throat shot. 3 I relied upon Sherry Gutierrez Fiester (Gutierrez, Sherry. 10 Governor Connally had a shattered right wrist. Other locations that have been proposed do not fit the totality of circumstances. In this scenario two separate fragments caused Connallys wrist and thigh wounds. One of Texas' most visited historic sites, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza chronicles the life, death and legacy of President John F. Kennedy. Democrats in vice president Lyndon Johnsons home state were splintering a year ahead of the next presidential election. The groove in the sidewalk on the north side of Elm Street lines up with TSBDW but not as a credible shot at the President. The groove looks like the gouge of a kickstand (See Groden, Robert J. op. The bullet made a small tear in the leather upholstery rather than a hole. I remember thinking he just looked as if he had a slight headache. The limousine is sketched at Z-210. [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][c] Abraham Zapruder's film contains footage of the two women near Kennedy's presidential motorcade but no footage of the grassy knoll. From windshield, to necktie to Elm Street the bullets flightpath is a solid line. It was also the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963; 30 minutes after the shooting, Kennedy was pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Jacqueline Kennedy:You know, there is always noise in a motorcade and there are always motorcycles besides us, a lot of them backfiring. That day, President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline rode through the plaza as part of a Presidential motorcade when shots rang out from the Texas School Book Depositorys Sixth Floor window, striking Kennedy in the neck and head and killing him. That is why in our Blender 3D model I have used his map as an essential reference image. These witnesses placed at the shooting of Tippit much closer to about 1:06 or 1:07." First of all, Roger Craig (in his manuscript titled When They Kill A President) said that he heard the news of the Tippit shooting from a nearby police radio (while in Dealey Plaza) and he looked at his watch, noting that the time was 1:06. You do not know the caliber of the bullet nor where the shooter stood, knelt or lay prone. We do not see the Governors turn to the right because he was behind the Stemmons Freeway sign. LEE HARVEY OSWALD THE PASTY. Hill: The crowds were large as we drove down from Love Field down into Main Street in Dallas. During photography, that wound was covered by folded skin. Dealey Plaza is bounded on the south, east, and north sides by 100+ foot (30+ m) tall buildings. The shooter at DTB also shot twice and missed. As we all know, he was in the center lane. However this and the eighth shot are necessary to complete the picture of the assassination. (A small plaque commemorating the assassination is located in the plaza.). [21], As the first shot was fired, Mary Moorman, who was with her friend Jean Hill as the two watched the motorcade pass, took a Polaroid picture of the grassy knoll with President Kennedy in the second car in the foreground: Moorman and Hill were close, only about 10 to 15 feet away. The Killing of a President: The Complete Photographic Record of the JFK Assassination, the Conspiracy, and the Cover-up. I do not believe this item indicates a gunshot, which I will explain in the narrative. Every wound and bullet mark is accounted for and there isnt room for anything else. And he might have been waving at me, I dont know. 30.06 Rifle with sabot inside 6.5mm Carcano FMJ Wound: Back Shoulder Shot: 1 Nestor "Tony" Izquierdo Position: Dal Tex Bldg / Dallas Unranium & Oil Company Weapon: Carcano Rifle - fired 3 shots [only unsilenced shots . Both pools are rectangular on their ends near Main and oval-shaped at their ends along the edges. He was trying to keep the president away from the crowd. The presence of a bullet hole in the windshield of the limousine was witnessed at Parkland Hospital by motorcycle patrolmen Sargent Stavis Ellis, James Chaney, and Harry Freeman. Consequently the third shot did not trigger a reflex action or an acoustical pulse and there is no way to tie the shot to a specific Zapruder frame. Some of the Mannlicher-Carcano ammunition possibly dated from World War II and the cartridge for shot #1 was weak either because of age or poor manufacture. Whitney: You know how it got there by any chance? DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) - The dramatic final day of Hulu mini-series "11/22/63" filming is wrapping up in Dallas Thursday night. In 1964, just a year after the assassination, the Warren Commission had concluded that only three shots were fired at the motorcade as it entered Dealey Plaza, all from behind, and all from Oswald . In addition the WC went outside the FBI, second opinions on key pieces of evidence.