Agent

Car

Number of shots

Spacing of shots

Sound of shots

Origin of shots

Other observations

Winston Lawson

Lead car

3

First, then last two bunched; no est. of total time

First was loud, sharp report; last two like gunfire

?

Did not see impact of either shot

Roy Kellerman

Presidential limousine

3

First, then last two bunched; no est. of total time

First like firecracker

First from right rear

President cried out that he was hit after first shot

Clinton Hill

Presidential follow-up car

2

5 seconds

First like firecracker; second like shooting revolver into something hard, with echo

First from right rear; second ?

Both shots hit President

Samuel Kinney

Driver of Presidential follow-up car

3

First, then after "a second" last two bunched

No comments

No comments

Pres. hit in chest by first shot; saw hit in right side of head by one of last shots; second shot made hair fly from right side of head

Emory Roberts

Presidential follow-up car

3 (second report)

No comment

No comment

Not sure, but felt they had come from right side

First shot hit President; saw second or third shot explode the right side of his head

William McIntyre

Presidential follow-up car

3

Last two in quick succession; all three within 5 seconds

No comment

No agent could determine the origin

Saw President hit in head by last shot

John Ready

Presidential follow-up car

No comment

No comment

All like firecrackers

Right rear

He was 20–25 feet behind President during shooting

Paul Landis, Jr.

Presidential follow-up car

2

4–5 seconds total

First like firecracker or blowout; second like muffled explosion

First from Book Depository; second possibly from right front

Didn’t see Kennedy hit by first shot; saw his head split open by second shot

Glen Bennett

Presidential follow-up car

3

First, then last two in immediate succession

First and second like firecrackers

First from right

Saw second hit President in back; saw third hit President in right rear top of head

George Hickey, Jr.

Presidential follow-up car

3 "reports"

First, then after 4–5 seconds two nearly simultaneous shots

First like loud firecracker; second and third completely different sound from first

First from right rear ground level

First shot hit President; second may have missed head and mussed hair; last made sound as it hit the upper-right rear of head

Rufus Young-blood

Vice-Presidential car

3

First, then last two bunched at end; all within a few seconds

All sounded same, like explosions

Could not tell origins

Did not see President

Thomas Johns

Vice-Presidential follow-up car

3

First two shots 2–3 seconds apart

No comments

First two possibly from right

Did not see President

Jerry Kivett

Vice-Presidential follow-up car

3

Uncertain

First like extremely large firecracker

First from right rear

Did not see President; saw Mrs. Kennedy stand up and try to leave limo

Warren Taylor

Vice-Presidential follow-up car

3

Last two at same instant

All "bangs"

First possibly from right rear

Did not see President