JFK: THE FACTS
What ACTUALLY Happened to America's Beloved President
The Basics
- November 22, 1963 @ 12:30 pm
- President John F. Kennedy was a passenger in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas
- Several gunshots were fired
- Three people were injured
- President Kennedy Died
Photo of President John F. Kennedy
The Injuries
- President Kennedy: wounded in the back and the throat, and, fatally, in the head
- John Connally, the Governor of Texas: one bullet in the back- destroyed ribs, punctured lungs, shattered his wrist and a piece of bullet remained in his left thigh
- James Tague,bystander: received a slight cut on the cheek from the impact of a bullet that landed near his feet
To left: Diagram of bullet entries and exits
The Weapon and Bullets
- Presidential limousine was heading west on Elm Street
- A window was half open at the eastern end of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository
- Three empty bullet shells were discovered inside this window as well as a rifle
- After many test, examiners concluded the bullet shells had been fired from that rifle
Image of rifle found in Texas School Book Depository
LEE HARVEY OSWALD AND THE RIFLE
- A pseudonym, frequently used by Oswald, had purchased the rifle by mail order several months earlier
- The handwriting on the coupon matched Oswald's
- The supplier had sent the rifle to a post office box rented by Oswald
- Oswald worked in the Texas School Book Depository and had access to the sixth floor
- He had NO ALIBI
To Left: Mugshot of Lee Harvey Oswald
The Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald
- Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit tried to question Oswald near his house but was shot and killed by Oswald
- Fled to the Texas Theatre
- Oswald was charged with the murder of Officer Tippit and with the assassination of President Kennedy the next day
- On November 24, Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby while being transferred from the police station to the county jail
- Oswald was never able to tell his side of the story
Image of Oswald being transferred; moments before being killed
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