How many shots do you think were fired at President Kennedy and Governor Connally?
Consult Mark Lane’s book Rush to Judgment. He did perhaps the best job of anyone (including the Warren Commission and the House Select Committee on Assassinations) in finding ALL the witness who were in Dealey Plaza that day and asking them (a) how many shots did they heard, and (b) where they thought the shots were coming from. The fewest anyone said was three. The most was eight or so. Eyewitness testimony as to the number of shots in a case like that is ultimately quite unreliable. By definition, people do not expect the shots to begin, and so are startled by them. By the time they focus on what’s happening, often they are too late to really starting “counting.” Trying to figure out how many shots were fired based on how much damage was done (to the President, to the Governor, to the car, and to the by-stander Tague), the minimum number required seems to be no less than four, and probably more like six. The worst piece of work the Warren Commission did was done by attorney (now Sena
