I was in the front seat, i was driving him when he was shot, former secret service agent bill greer told wbtv in 1983. Kennedy nears, cbs news takes a look back at the four days that changed america and american television history. That thing which looks like a gun is actually the top of a passengers head. Meaning he knew he was turning around, to what i think was take aim at kennedys head. Here we see 100% proof that kennedy was shot by chauffeur bill greer of the secret service in other words he was working for j edgar hoover and lbj the vice president. Donahues explanation is that the first shot missed, hit pavement and ricocheted, with three fragments winding up in the limousine, including one that strikes kennedys head, causing him to react before he and connelly got hit by the second bullet. As the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president john f. Here is a link to the individual zapruder film frames of the jfk assassination.
Kennedy was assassinated, you may have heard about a few conspiracy theories. Kennedys assassination in dallas, texas on november 22, 1963and the investigation and conspiracy. Kennedy s driver, tyroneborn william greer, played a part in his death. Proponents of this theory claim to show he reaches back with his right hand and simply shoots jfk in the head. Kennedy, largely obscured by the cars rearview mirror, can be seen with his fist clenched in front of his throat while agents standing on the car behind the limousine look back toward the texas school book depository, the entrance of which is visible just behind the tree. A sea of conspiracy theories surround the assassination of. However, the drivershotkennedy theory is not true, primarily because it simply didnt happen. All of the evidence regarding the shot that killed kennedy is strongly indicative of the shot having come from behind the picket fence on the grassy knoll. Despite his assassination being decades ago, the mystery. Also, no fire power coming from the driver or the front.
In the car riding with kennedy are his wife, jacqueline. There is no evidence that jfks limo driver shot him. His driving actions, though, did enhance the ease of the assassins to hit their target. The actions of both secret services agents are, to me, highly suspicious. More than 50 years after president kennedy was assassinated, the majority of americans believe some conspiracy about his death.
Zapruder film shows jfks driver firing fatal head shot. When the president was shot, he says, kennedys head exploded, as the film so graphically shows. Later they told me there was a second shot while i was running. Alternate footage of john f kennedy assassination alternate footage of the john f.
His wife jacqueline kennedy, texas governor john connally and wife nellie, roy kellerman, head of secret service at the white house, and william greer, secret service agent and driver. There are people seeing things that are illusions atleast in my view, but in my view there is no proof that the limo driver shot kennedy. Nallis model shows that the wound wasnt where the bullet exited, but where it entered. Secret service, best known as being the driver of president john f. The driver shot kennedy square in the right forehead with the bullet logically exiting the right rear. John f kennedy, the 35th president of the united states, was shot dead on 22 november 1963. Nothing new about this the driver shot him claim, and it has been debunked. Connellys nephew confirmed that jfk was shot by secret. If you look at a really bad copy of the zapruder film, it will look like william greer, the driver, reached over his shoulder with a gun and shot kennedy in the head. What flemming was alluding to was the flechette air powered that struck kennedy that either paralyzed him bullet lace with shell fish toxin or killed him. Agents greer and kellerman both turn around at the same time and see kennedy with his arms up by his neck gasping for air from being shot in the neck, then both turn back around at the same time as if nothing has happened.
Geraldo rivera showed it on television in 1975, frame 3. I have been aware of this issue for many years and have studied it at great length and detail. I believe kellerman fired the flechette from the sideview mirror that paralyzed kennedy. John fitzgerald kennedy, the 35th president of the united states, was assassinated on november 22, 1963, at 12. Then a second later, greer turns around again to look at kennedy as he slows the limo down while. The only record is on an 8mm film spool that was shot by a kennedy supporter, and that film does not indicate that the driver of the car kennedy was in shot him. Agent who jumped on jfk s limo recounts fateful moments. My brother met the nephew of governor connelly the one who was also shot while in the car with jfk, and one day the nephew asked the governor, his uncle, who do you think shot kennedy, uncle.
If greer had shot jfk, someone in the crowd, some less than then 10 feet away, would have said something. The 29yearold jackson would later grab that iconic shot of jack ruby shooting accused assassin lee harvey oswald, for which he won a pulitzer prize in news photography. William robert greer september 22, 1909 february 23, 1985 was an agent of the u. And then i screamed at the driver to get us to a hospital. There was no video because we did not have video recorders in 1963.
The presidents limousine travels down elm street immediately after the first shot was fired. What if the driver did shoot him, but that part got edited out to make it look like the driver was turning around to check on kennedy. This is exactly why the wcr diehards ridicule conspiracy theorists. But, for all good measure, he was dead when oswalds bullet hit his head and his bra. Even today, the zapruder film is seen as evidence in countless conspiracy theories about who shot the president. Central standard time in dallas, texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through dealey plaza. The conversation was the only television interview he ever granted. Kennedy is seen riding in motorcade approximately one minute before he was shot in dallas, texas, on nov. Probably the strangest thing about this story is the man in the video, bill cooper most importantly, the fact that hes dead. Hugh aynesworth was a 32yearold reporter with the dallas morning news when president john f kennedy came to town on. Shooting holes in theory that a secret service agent.
If the video doesnt start in a few moments, please refresh the page. Who else was in the car with jfk when he was shot answers. Kennedys limo slowed after the assassination shooting began. President kennedys hand reaches toward his head after being shot, as jacqueline kennedy reaches out to him. After studying frames at about z284 to z330 or so, you can clearly see the driver turn back towards jfk and shoot him at close range with what appears to be a silver.
The national archives are releasing tens of thousands of documents linked to kennedys assassination expect evidence of institutions. Air force one arrives at dallas love field with the president and his wife, jacqueline kennedy, texas governor john b. The battle over who shot jfk and who controlled the film of the assassination raged on. When he was brought into the er and parkland hospital, doctors attached ekg probes to his chest and detected a faint.
It shines before the driver turns around and shines again when the driver turns. This youtube clip freezes the frame in question and magnifies it. Kennedys last moments alive gave way in an instant on nov. By coming to a near stop during the shooting spree, jfk was a muc. A sea of conspiracy theories surround the assassination of john f. Steve, the video of the driver supposedly shooting kennedy exists, but its with the 6seater car. Notice the right rear missing in the autopsy pic and compare that to frame 3.
One theory that keeps coming up is that secret service agent william greer, the limousine driver, actually shot president kennedy with a handgun. When the president was shot, he says, kennedy s head exploded, as the film so graphically shows. Kennedys driver, tyroneborn william greer, played a part in his death. Again, this theory makes no sense with two other people in between him and kennedy. What physics reveals about the jfk assassination history. Also, in an interview with connally, he said that when he was shot, his first thoughts were about nellie and the children. The driver was located to the frontleft of kennedy.
Kennedy assassination, claiming to be the original video captured of the event. This video replaces the one that was censored, due to the complaint filed by proponents of the theory that bill greer, the driver of the limousine turned around and shot president kennedy. However, the driver shot kennedy theory is not true, primarily because it simply didnt happen. But when his car stopped suddenly, the theory holds, agent george hickey lost his balance and accidentally discharged his weapon, sending a. There has been speculation that the actions of president john f. Kennedy was riding with his wife jacqueline, texas governor john connally, and connallys wife nellie when he was fatally shot by former u. Kennedy s presidential limousine in the motorcade through dealey plaza in dallas on november 22, 1963, when the president was assassinated. Greer said he heard the first shot and thought it was a motorcycle next to the motorcade. Files will shed light on a jfk shooting conspiracy but not the one.