Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. KennedyUnited States. Warren Commission
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Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Despite Vaughn’s denial the Commission has found no credible evidence
to support any other entry route. Two Dallas detectives believed
they observed three men pushing a WBAP-TV camera into the basement
minutes before the shooting, while only two were with the camera after
Oswald had been shot.[C5-155] However, films taken in the basement
show the WBAP-TV camera being pushed past the detectives by only two
men.[C5-156] The suspicion of the detectives is probably explained by
testimony that a third WBAP-TV employee ran to help steady the incoming
camera as it entered the basement, probably just before the camera
became visible on the films.[C5-157] Moreover, since the camera entered
the basement close to 4 minutes before the shooting,[C5-158] it is
virtually impossible that Ruby could have been in the basement at that
time.
The possibility that Ruby entered the basement by some other route
has been investigated, but the Commission has found no evidence to
support it. Ruby could have walked from the Western Union office to
the Commerce Street ramp on the other side of the building in about 2½
minutes.[C5-159] However, during the minutes preceding the shooting
video tapes show the armored truck in the entranceway to this ramp
with only narrow clearance on either side. (See Commission Exhibit No.
2710, p. 223.) Several policemen were standing near the truck and a
large crowd of spectators was gathered across the street.[C5-160] It is
improbable that Ruby could have squeezed past the truck without having
been observed. If Ruby entered by any other means, he would have had
to pass first through the Police and Courts Building or the attached
Municipal Building, and then secondly through one of the five doors
into the basement, all of which, according to the testimony of police
officers, were secured. The testimony was not completely positive about
one of the doors.[C5-161]
There is no evidence to support the speculations that Ruby used
a press badge to gain entry to the basement or that he concealed
himself in a police car. Police found no form of press card on Ruby’s
person after his apprehension, nor any discarded badges within the
basement.[C5-162] There is no evidence that any police officer admitted
Ruby on the pretense that he was a member of the press or any other
pretense.[C5-163]
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