To the right of the President was the tall Texas School Depository building. A large warehouse and the last high building that JFK would have to pass on this route. At the far end of the Plaza was a grass slope, the infamous Grassy Knoll. In the lead car an officer saw the oncoming railway tunnel. This was the last danger area on the visit.
Shots rang out.
Governor Connally, sitting in the seat directly in front of Kennedy got hit himself. For five seconds the car actually slowed down. Then more gunfire. The President fell backwards. His head exploding outwards.