01-02-2014, 04:40 AM
Hi Albert
I agree it is odd that Chaney only heard two shots and identified the second one as the one that struck JFK in the face. Is his first impression of the first shot he heard a possible clue to the reason for hearing only two shots, that being his impression it was a motorcycle backfire? We know many witnesses heard the first shot as an almost firecracker-like noise and, with his helmet on, it may not have registered with him at all.
This may also be support for the theory that the first shot was from a suppressor equipped rifle and only the crack of the bullet being heard and not the muzzle blast. It would make sense to suppress the first and second shots to give the shooters more time to finish their work, before the SS woke up to what was going on.
I agree it is odd that Chaney only heard two shots and identified the second one as the one that struck JFK in the face. Is his first impression of the first shot he heard a possible clue to the reason for hearing only two shots, that being his impression it was a motorcycle backfire? We know many witnesses heard the first shot as an almost firecracker-like noise and, with his helmet on, it may not have registered with him at all.
This may also be support for the theory that the first shot was from a suppressor equipped rifle and only the crack of the bullet being heard and not the muzzle blast. It would make sense to suppress the first and second shots to give the shooters more time to finish their work, before the SS woke up to what was going on.
Mr. HILL. The right rear portion of his head was missing. It was lying in the rear seat of the car. His brain was exposed. There was blood and bits of brain all over the entire rear portion of the car. Mrs. Kennedy was completely covered with blood. There was so much blood you could not tell if there had been any other wound or not, except for the one large gaping wound in the right rear portion of the head.
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964