Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F.…

Connally were fired by Lee Harvey Oswald. This conclusion is based upon the following: (_a_) The Mannlicher-Carcano 6.5-millimeter Italian rifle from which the shots were fired was owned by and in the possession of Oswald. (_b_) Oswald carried this rifle into the Depository Building on the morning of November 22, 1963. (_c_) Oswald, at the time of the assassination, was present at the window from which the shots were fired. (_d_) Shortly after the assassination, the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle belonging to Oswald was found partially hidden between some cartons on the sixth floor and the improvised paper bag in which Oswald brought the rifle to the Depository was found close by the window from which the shots were fired. (_e_) Based on testimony of the experts and their analysis of films of the assassination, the Commission has concluded that a rifleman of Lee Harvey Oswald’s capabilities could have fired the shots from the rifle used in the assassination within the elapsed time of the shooting. The Commission has concluded further that Oswald possessed the capability with a rifle which enabled him to commit the assassination. (_f_) Oswald lied to the police after his arrest concerning important substantive matters. (_g_) Oswald had attempted to kill Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker (Resigned, U. S. Army) on April 10, 1963, thereby demonstrating his disposition to take human life.