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FBI Expert Reopens JFK Shooting

Bullet analysis used to rule out second gunman is now discredited

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(Newser) – Evidence proving that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone has been discredited by a research team using techniques unavailable to previous investigators. Bullet analysis used to rule out a second JFK assassin is called "fundamentally flawed" by the new team, led by the former chief metallurgy expert for the FBI, the Washington Post reports.

Lead bullet analysis used in the '60s and '70s to conclude that the five bullet fragments recovered at the scene came from just two bullets has been recently discredited. The Texas A&M team, which tested bullets from the same batch as those fired by Oswald, is calling for a forensic re-analysis of the fragments, which remain preserved from the 1963 shooting.

Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as President of the United States of America in the cabin of the presidential plane as Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy stands at his side in this Nov. 22,1963, file photo. Judge Sarah T. Hughes, a Kennedy appointee to the Federal court,standing foreground left,...
Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as President of the United States of America in the cabin of the presidential plane as Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy stands at his side in this Nov. 22,1963, file photo. Judge...   (Associated Press)
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DALLAS, TX - Visitors gather on the infamous grassy knoll at Dealey Plaza, in Dallas, Texas, during the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, on Saturday,
DALLAS, TX - Visitors gather on the infamous grassy knoll at Dealey Plaza, in Dallas, Texas, during the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, on Saturday,   (KRT Photos)
The Texas Theater, where police captured Lee Harvey Oswald after he assassinated President Kennedy, is closed for renovations.
The Texas Theater, where police captured Lee Harvey Oswald after he assassinated President Kennedy, is closed for renovations.   (KRT Photos)
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