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New JFK documentary alleges there WAS a second shooter in the assassination... and he was a Secret Service agent who shot the president by ACCIDENT
- Film alleges that Agent George Hickey accidentally shot Kennedy in the head
- It is based on the work of veteran Australian police detective who has spent four years investigating the assassination
- The government then covered up the Secret Service role, it is claimed, to save the agency from embarrassment
By DAMIEN GAYLE PUBLISHED: 08:45 GMT, 29 July 2013 | UPDATED: 08:49 GMT, 29 July 2013
Many conspiracy theorists unhappy with the official account of the assassination of John F. Kennedy have pointed to evidence they believe shows that the president was shot twice, from different directions. Now a new documentary has come up with a new twist on the conspiracy theory, claiming that a Secret Service agent was the man who fired that shot... by accident.JFK: The Smoking Gun claims that George Hickey, a Secret Service man riding in the car behind Kennedy, accidentally fired his weapon on November 22, 1963.
What really happened? A Secret Service agent stands on the rear bumper of John F. Kennedy's car as his wife, Jackie, bends over her husband moments after he was shot as they drove through Dallas, Texas
It alleges that a cover-up was then carried out to save the blushes of the agency whose main role is to protect serving and former U.S. leaders - leaving the many loose ends that have long raised suspicions. It is said that as much as 75 per cent of the American public do not believe the official account of the Kennedy assassination.
The new documentary is based on the work of Colin McLaren, a veteran Australian police detective who has undertaken a four-year investigation into the killing.His theories are based on the work of Howard Donahue, who himself has spent two decades probing the assassination. Both spoke yesterday about the film at the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles, California.
Accidental shooter: Secret Service agents stand on running boards in the car behind the Kennedys in the moments before the assassination. It is not clear if Agent George Hickey is visible in this photograph
Central to their case is the claim that Agent Hickey and his Secret Service colleagues had been out partying the night before Kennedy's motorcade drove through Dallas.To compound the problems the hungover agent faced, McLaren says he has found evidence that Hickey had not been properly trained to use the AR-15 gun he was carrying that morning. 'It was his first time in the follow car, his first time holding the assault weapon he was using,' the Huffington Post reported McLaren as saying.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who was arrested for the assassination but himself shot dead before he could stand trial
The theory is that as the assassin opened fire, Hickey grabbed his own gun. But when the whole motorcade shunted to a halt, the agent was jolted by the sudden stop and accidentally pulled the trigger - firing a bullet straight at the back of Kennedy's head.Mr McLaren said he believes Agent Hickey's AR-15 was loaded with different from the ammunition used by Lee Harvey Oswald, who the Warren Commission declared in 1964 to be the lone gunman in the assassination. That, he claims, explains what they believe are the different ballistic profiles of the two bullets that struck Kennedy.Oswald was himself assassinated before he could stand trial over the killing. Mr Menninger insisted that they do not believe that Agent Hickey intentionally fired at Kennedy. Rather, the Huffington Post reported him as saying, 'this was a tragic accident in the heat of the moment.'But the pair do allege that the government moved swiftly, with the help of Kennedy's brother Robert, to cover up the Secret Service's involvement and save the agency from embarrassment.
JFK: The Smoking Gun will be broadcast on the Reelz Channel on November 3. A spokesman for the network said: What makes McLaren's investigation different than those that came before it is the fact that he had all the evidence, facts and eyewitness testimony from fifty years ago as well as modern forensic technology.'McLaren’s findings are a far cry from the fanciful conspiracy theories that usually surround this assassination.'His case is methodically constructed from simple logic and available evidence using time-tested investigative techniques to solve the crime; including key archival photographic evidence, medical reports and bullet science.'
What really happened? A Secret Service agent stands on the rear bumper of John F. Kennedy's car as his wife, Jackie, bends over her husband moments after he was shot as they drove through Dallas, Texas
It alleges that a cover-up was then carried out to save the blushes of the agency whose main role is to protect serving and former U.S. leaders - leaving the many loose ends that have long raised suspicions. It is said that as much as 75 per cent of the American public do not believe the official account of the Kennedy assassination.
The new documentary is based on the work of Colin McLaren, a veteran Australian police detective who has undertaken a four-year investigation into the killing.His theories are based on the work of Howard Donahue, who himself has spent two decades probing the assassination. Both spoke yesterday about the film at the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles, California.
Accidental shooter: Secret Service agents stand on running boards in the car behind the Kennedys in the moments before the assassination. It is not clear if Agent George Hickey is visible in this photograph
Central to their case is the claim that Agent Hickey and his Secret Service colleagues had been out partying the night before Kennedy's motorcade drove through Dallas.To compound the problems the hungover agent faced, McLaren says he has found evidence that Hickey had not been properly trained to use the AR-15 gun he was carrying that morning. 'It was his first time in the follow car, his first time holding the assault weapon he was using,' the Huffington Post reported McLaren as saying.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who was arrested for the assassination but himself shot dead before he could stand trial
The theory is that as the assassin opened fire, Hickey grabbed his own gun. But when the whole motorcade shunted to a halt, the agent was jolted by the sudden stop and accidentally pulled the trigger - firing a bullet straight at the back of Kennedy's head.Mr McLaren said he believes Agent Hickey's AR-15 was loaded with different from the ammunition used by Lee Harvey Oswald, who the Warren Commission declared in 1964 to be the lone gunman in the assassination. That, he claims, explains what they believe are the different ballistic profiles of the two bullets that struck Kennedy.Oswald was himself assassinated before he could stand trial over the killing. Mr Menninger insisted that they do not believe that Agent Hickey intentionally fired at Kennedy. Rather, the Huffington Post reported him as saying, 'this was a tragic accident in the heat of the moment.'But the pair do allege that the government moved swiftly, with the help of Kennedy's brother Robert, to cover up the Secret Service's involvement and save the agency from embarrassment.
JFK: The Smoking Gun will be broadcast on the Reelz Channel on November 3. A spokesman for the network said: What makes McLaren's investigation different than those that came before it is the fact that he had all the evidence, facts and eyewitness testimony from fifty years ago as well as modern forensic technology.'McLaren’s findings are a far cry from the fanciful conspiracy theories that usually surround this assassination.'His case is methodically constructed from simple logic and available evidence using time-tested investigative techniques to solve the crime; including key archival photographic evidence, medical reports and bullet science.'
