Nov 21, 2013 · But when his car stopped suddenly, the theory holds, Agent George Hickey lost his balance and accidentally discharged his weapon, sending a .223-caliber round rocketing into Kennedy's head —...

Chapter 16, Hope Dies Hard, gives a brief history of the Secret Service, their nightmare assignment guarding Kennedy, and their reaction to the shooting. There follows Hickey's involvement in the Warren Commission and statements by him and other agents.

Sep 13, 2023 · Paul Landis, an 88-year-old former Secret Service agent who witnessed the president's death at close range, says in new memoir that he took a bullet from the car after Mr Kennedy was shot, and...

George W. Hickey, Jr., Special Agent, White House Detail, White House garage, United States Secret Service

Feb 23, 1992 · His first shot missed Kennedy; the second hit the president high on his back. The third shot - the one to Kennedy's head - came from Secret Service agent George Hickey, who lost his balance...

Feb 4, 1998 · A retired Secret Service agent has been paid an undisclosed settlement in a lawsuit against publishers of a book that accused him of accidentally shooting and killing President John F. Kennedy.

George Hickey is a retired Special Agent of the United States Secret Service. From 1963 to 1971, he served in the presidential and vice-presidential protective details. On the day of President Kennedy's assassination, Hickey was riding in the Secret Service vehicle immediately behind the President's limousine.

Nov 13, 2013 · Secret Service agent George Hickey is seen brandishing a rifle as the limousine carrying a wounded President Kennedy, with agent Clint Hill on the back, speeds away from Dealey Plaza in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.

Nov 2, 2013 · The claim here is that George Hickey, a Secret Service agent riding in the car behind Kennedy, panicked and a gun he was unfamiliar with accidentally discharged, hitting and actually...

Nov 21, 2013 · But when his car stopped suddenly, the theory holds, Agent George Hickey lost his balance and accidentally discharged his weapon, sending a .223-caliber round rocketing into Kennedy's head — the wound that later killed the 35th president. "It was entirely accidental," Menninger said.