Timeline of the John F. Kennedy assassination Houston Street and slowly approached the Texas School Book Depository head-on. According to witnesses, the shooting occurred shortly after the limousine made the sharp left-hand turn from Houston onto Elm Street. Most of the witnesses recalled that the first shot was fired after the president had started waving with his right hand. Several onlookers recalled hearing three shots, with the second and third shots bunched distinctly much closer together than the first and second shots. Witnesses estimate that from three to eight shots were fired. The Zapruder film shows the President re-emerging in the footage after being temporarily hidden from
Timeline of the John F. Kennedy assassination but is denied in both instances. September 30, 1963: Lee Oswald purchases a bus ticket using the alias Mr. H. O. Lee that leaves Mexico City for Laredo, Texas at 0830 on October 2, 1963. October 3, 1963: Oswald arrives in Dallas and spends the night at the YMCA. October 4, 1963: Governor Connally meets with President Kennedy at the White House. Oswald applies for a job at Padgett Printing but is not hired because of a poor recommendation by the owner of Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall. Oswald returns to stay at the Paine's residence in Irving, Texas for the weekend. October 7,