</s>-6 POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTY OF NASSAU MINNEOLA, NEW YORK 23598 JULY 12, 1957 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

**John F. Kennedy**

* Born May 29, 1917
* Served as U.S. Representative from Massachusetts's 11th Congressional District (1947-1960)
* Elected U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1953-1960)

**Assassination**

* Assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas
* Shot by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in an open-top car in a motorcade

**Investigations**

* Warren Commission (also known as the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy)
	+ Established on November 23, 1963, to investigate the assassination
	+ Chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren
* FBI investigation led by Director J. Edgar Hoover
* House Select Committee on Assassinations (1976-1979)
	+ Investigated the assassinations of JFK and Martin Luther King Jr.

**Related Individuals**

* Lee Harvey Oswald
	+ Employed at the Texas School Book Depository building in Dallas, where he fired shots from a sixth-floor window
	+ Shot and killed by night club owner Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963
* Jack Ruby
	+ Shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963
	+ Died of a pulmonary embolism on January 3, 1967
* Clay Shaw
	+ Businessman and alleged co-conspirator in the assassination
	+ Testified before the Warren Commission but denied any involvement

**Evidence and Findings**

* Autopsy report confirmed JFK was shot by multiple bullets
* Ballistic evidence linked to Oswald's rifle and the Texas School Book Depository building
* Investigation concluded that Oswald acted alone in the assassination

RFK Declassified Files

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