Shrouded in secrecy
Becoming the fourth U.S. president to be assassinated in office, John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while riding alongside his wife in an open limousine on November 22, 1963. Kennedy, and Texas Governor John Connally, were shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, a pro-Cuban and communist sympathizer.
The miraculous shot by Oswald spawned theories on to how many shooters successfully took the life of the president. Witnesses of the assassination testified hearing up to four shots, one of which hit Kennedy in the neck, traveled into Connally’s back, and came to rest in his left thigh. The sheer improbability of the trajectory of the shot sparked investigations by the government and curious citizens.
Many people believe that Oswald didn’t act alone. The infamous “Grassy Knoll Shooter” is said to be the second suspect in the Kennedy assassination. The knoll has had the correct trajectory needed to be a location needed to be a place in which a shooter could’ve taken a shot at the presidential motorcade.
The fact that Oswald could’ve had helped has spurned arguments as to where his help came. Fingers have been pointed at the CIA, as they were in danger of being split apart by Kennedy after he learned they had planned to assassinate Fidel Castro. Some people also blame the former Soviet Union, since the shooting took place during the Cold War.