On November 22nd, 1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy was visiting Dallas Texas while preparing for his next presidential campaign. President Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife Nellie Connolly were all four riding together in the President’s limousine. Closely following them was another limousine filled of secret service agents, the only agent that was armed was George Hickey. Agent Hickey was armed with an AR-15, his rifle was loaded with rounds encased by copper that tend to break upon impact. As the motorcade was reaching the final miles of the ten mile trip around Dallas, while passing the Texas School Book Depository building three shots were fired. These three shots struck President Kennedy, killing him.
…show more content…
In the following frames he slouches down showing that he had been shot from behind and above. Lee Harvey Oswald was stationed in the sixth floor farthest window to the right. This window is known as the “Snipers Nest,” the rifle found in the snipers nest was a Mannlicher-Carcano. This rifle is a very inaccurate bolt action, meaning that the rifle must be cocked and reloaded after every …show more content…
While in the Marines Oswald was trained to shoot an M-1 rifle. It had also been recorded that Oswald was able to shoot targets farther away than what the shot from the Depository building to Elm Street was. This information shows that Oswald would have been more than capable to assassinate the President from the Texas School Book Depository Building. As police arrived to the Depository Building they found the Rifle Oswald had fired, along with three bullet casings. Two of the casings were lying close to each other while the last was farther away. The two casings that were found closer together both had similar markings to prove it. The last casing did not have markings like the other two, morning it was not shot but acted as a placeholder that Oswald always kept in his
In the following frames he slouches down showing that he had been shot from behind and above. Lee Harvey Oswald was stationed in the sixth floor farthest window to the right. This window is known as the “Snipers Nest,” the rifle found in the snipers nest was a Mannlicher-Carcano. This rifle is a very inaccurate bolt action, meaning that the rifle must be cocked and reloaded after every …show more content…
While in the Marines Oswald was trained to shoot an M-1 rifle. It had also been recorded that Oswald was able to shoot targets farther away than what the shot from the Depository building to Elm Street was. This information shows that Oswald would have been more than capable to assassinate the President from the Texas School Book Depository Building. As police arrived to the Depository Building they found the Rifle Oswald had fired, along with three bullet casings. Two of the casings were lying close to each other while the last was farther away. The two casings that were found closer together both had similar markings to prove it. The last casing did not have markings like the other two, morning it was not shot but acted as a placeholder that Oswald always kept in his