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
(2) Governor Connally was struck by a bullet which entered on
the right side of his back and traveled downward through the
right side of his chest, exiting below his right nipple. This
bullet then passed through his right wrist and entered his left
thigh where it caused a superficial wound.
(_f_) There is no credible evidence that the shots were fired
from the Triple Underpass, ahead of the motorcade, or from any
other location.
2. The weight of the evidence indicates that there were three shots
fired.
3. Although it is not necessary to any essential findings of the
Commission to determine just which shot hit Governor Connally, there
is very persuasive evidence from the experts to indicate that the
same bullet which pierced the President’s throat also caused Governor
Connally’s wounds. However, Governor Connally’s testimony and certain
other factors have given rise to some difference of opinion as to this
probability but there is no question in the mind of any member of the
Commission that all the shots which caused the President’s and Governor
Connally’s wounds were fired from the sixth floor window of the Texas
School Book Depository.
4. The shots which killed President Kennedy and wounded Governor
Connally were fired by Lee Harvey Oswald. This conclusion is based upon
the following:
(_a_) The Mannlicher-Carcano 6.5-millimeter Italian rifle from
which the shots were fired was owned by and in the possession
of Oswald.
(_b_) Oswald carried this rifle into the Depository Building on
the morning of November 22, 1963.
(_c_) Oswald, at the time of the assassination, was present at
the window from which the shots were fired.
(_d_) Shortly after the assassination, the Mannlicher-Carcano
rifle belonging to Oswald was found partially hidden between
some cartons on the sixth floor and the improvised paper bag
in which Oswald brought the rifle to the Depository was found
close by the window from which the shots were fired.
(_e_) Based on testimony of the experts and their analysis of
films of the assassination, the Commission has concluded that a
rifleman of Lee Harvey Oswald’s capabilities could have fired
the shots from the rifle used in the assassination within the
elapsed time of the shooting. The Commission has concluded
further that Oswald possessed the capability with a rifle
which enabled him to commit the assassination.
(_f_) Oswald lied to the police after his arrest concerning
important substantive matters.
(_g_) Oswald had attempted to kill Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker
(Resigned, U. S. Army) on April 10, 1963, thereby demonstrating
his disposition to take human life.
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