</s>104-1028-10084 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 MIFNO: 95-9155853 CONFIDENTIAL SENSIND: SCI 1 1 / SCI *. SENSID: SC1 *. CONFDIDENTIAL PAGE: 1

**John F. Kennedy**

* Born May 29, 1917
* Died November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas

**Assassination**

* Shot on Elm Street in Dealey Plaza at 12:30 PM Central Standard Time
* Killed by a rifle shot to the head from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building
* Lee Harvey Oswald fired the fatal shot with a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle

**Investigations**

* Warren Commission (1963-1964)
	+ Established by President Lyndon B. Johnson on November 29, 1963
	+ Led by Chief Justice Earl Warren
	+ Concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination
* House Select Committee on Assassinations (1976-1979)
	+ Investigated the assassinations of JFK and Martin Luther King Jr.
	+ Found that there was a "probable conspiracy" involving organized crime

**Related Individuals**

* Lee Harvey Oswald
	+ Employed at the Texas School Book Depository building
	+ Fired the fatal shot from the sixth floor
	+ Killed by Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963
* Jack Ruby
	+ Shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963
	+ Had connections to organized crime
* Lyndon B. Johnson
	+ Established the Warren Commission
	+ Became President after JFK's assassination

**Evidence**

* The "magic bullet" theory (Warren Commission)
	+ Suggested that one bullet caused multiple non-fatal injuries to Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally
	+ Later disputed by some experts
* Autopsy reports and medical evidence
	+ Confirmed the fatal head wound and other injuries

**Testimony**

* Lee Harvey Oswald's testimony (November 24, 1963)
	+ Denied involvement in the assassination
	+ Killed before he could be questioned further
* Jack Ruby's testimony (November 24, 1963)
	+ Claimed to have acted alone in killing Oswald
	+ Later disputed by some investigators

JFK Declassified Files

104-10326-10084.pdf

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