</s>104-10142-10065 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 CIA INTERNAL USE ONLY J.22 HSC.

**John F. Kennedy**

* Born: May 29, 1917
* Died: November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, as a result of gunshot wounds sustained during an assassination attempt

**Assassination Investigation**

* Warren Commission (officially known as the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy) established by President Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the assassination
* Commission led by Chief Justice Earl Warren and consisted of seven members, including:
	+ Senator Richard Russell Jr.
	+ Representative Hale Boggs
	+ Senator John Cooper
	+ General Edwin Walker (dismissed from commission due to his involvement in the assassination investigation)
	+ Gerald Ford (later became President)
	+ Allen Dulles (former CIA Director)

**Investigations and Findings**

* Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in shooting Kennedy from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building
* Commission found no evidence of a conspiracy or involvement by foreign governments
* Commission's report released on September 24, 1964

**Related Individuals and Events**

* **Lee Harvey Oswald**: employed at the Texas School Book Depository building; fired rifle from sixth floor window; killed by Jack Ruby two days after Kennedy's assassination
* **Jack Ruby**: shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963
* **CIA**: involved in various aspects of the assassination investigation, including providing intelligence and conducting interviews with witnesses
* **FBI**: led the investigation into the assassination, working closely with local law enforcement agencies

**Other Events and Activities**

* **Autopsy and Medical Examination**: conducted by the Dallas County medical examiner's office; findings consistent with a gunshot wound to the head
* **Ballistic Evidence**: rifle used in assassination found on sixth floor of Texas School Book Depository building; bullets matched to Oswald's rifle

JFK Declassified Files

104-10142-10055.pdf

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