Overview
- Photo-led retrospectives retrace the Dealey Plaza sequence as the motorcade turned onto Elm Street around 12:30 p.m., when shots struck President Kennedy and Texas Gov. John Connally.
- Kennedy was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital within eight minutes of the shots and was pronounced dead at 1 p.m., according to accounts from the time.
- The Warren Commission concluded three shots were fired, including a fatal head wound, establishing the official narrative that has faced decades of doubt.
- Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested about 45 minutes after the shooting and was killed by Jack Ruby two days later, following Oswald’s murder of Dallas police officer J. D. Tippit.
- Within hours of the attack, Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office, while a 2023 Gallup poll found only 29% of Americans believe Oswald acted alone.