Who killed John F. Kennedy and why was he assassinated?

Answer 1

Note: this question has inspired some debate. Most people believe that President Kennedy was assassinated by a disgruntled man named Lee Harvey Oswald who was seeking a way to gain some fame. But to this day, some believe he was killed by the Mafia, some believe he was killed by the Communists, some say it was done at the request of the Ku Klux Klan, and other theories have also been suggested. The following are some comments by contributors:

In 1978, the House Select Committee came to a conclusion that many unofficial investigators had already reached that the president's slaying was the result of a conspiracy. As we have already seen, a conspiracy means that two or more persons were involved in a criminal act.

The House Select Committee's declaration of conspiracy inspired a rash of books and at least two movies, as well as several TV programs. New ones kept popping up, well into the 1990's.

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The HSC determination mentioned above, rested on audio evidence we now know was recorded about a minute *after* the assassination, at a different location, and means nothing.

In real life?

Oswald wanted to be famous and historical, even called his diary "Historic Diary". He defected to the Soviet Union. Instead of being famous, they stuck him in a radio factory until he got fed up. Then he returned to the USA, first warning his Russian wife how to deal with all the reporters that would be waiting for them on their arrival. Again, he didn't get famous. No one met him. Then he tried to become a bigwig political organizer, and gained exactly zero followers. And then he got a mail-order rifle, and tried to assassinate General Walker with it, and missed. He got away with it but the note he left for his wife (when he wasn't sure he would be coming back) was found later on.

Nothing he had ever done to become famous and historical, worked. Then he saw a newspaper that revealed that JFK was coming to Dallas... and would be passing Oswald's place of work. So he took his rifle to work that day, and finally got famous and historic. That's why JFK was killed. I don't think he even disliked JFK all that much, but being famous meant more to him.

it is generally agreed that Kennedy was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald in November of 1963. to this day people are not completely sure why he was killed, because Oswald, a former marine, was killed himself while in police custody. he admired marxism and may have been a soviet spy. it is even unsure if oswald killed him.
President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, where he was in a parade, riding in an open car without a bubble with wife Jacqueline the Texas governor. President Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, who was in the Texas School Book Depository. Oswald was in turn shot after his arrest by local mobster Jack Ruby.

No reason was ever given by Oswald for the shooting.
Nobody knows for sure.

But it is most likely that the Federal Reserve had a big part in it

JFK announced he was trying to shut it down

A week after, JFK died
Nobody knows for sure.

But it is most likely that the Federal Reserve had a big part in it

JFK announced he was trying to shut it down

A week after, JFK died
We may never know why he was killed. But many theories are out there on who was, or if multiple, who were those responsible for the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It could've been CIA agents, the Soviets, or even the Cubans who were at the brink of being invaded during the Bay Of Pigs, which was a fail attempt for US invasion on Cuba. All we know is that Lee Harvey Oswald is the solid suspect and is claimed responsibility for the assassination of JFK, although I strongly claim that he was innocent or he wasn't the only one involved cosndiering the fact he was shot dead while being shot by Jack Ruby. Other than that, we will never know.

Above answerer never stated most likely theory (and most generally accepted) that it was a mob hit. Oswald was not so solid. If he was a "lone nut" he would have been eager to accept credit. There is also hard evidence that he was set up to look like a patsy. Evidence indicates he may have worked for the FBI. It's cloudy as to why but obvious he came to their attention far in advance of the assassination. Hoover hated Kennedy, his brother was the Attorney General, he went after mobsters instead of just paying lip service. His power came from Kennedy, there was a nob contract out on Kennedy from a deported mobster, Hoover probably knew and loved Johnson, not only that had the goods on Johnson to blackmail him into anything he needed. There were 2 or 3 shooters w/Oswald Handy as the fall guy. This also explains Ruby-another mobster.

Answer 2

Attempted assassinations (from an article in Wikipedia) • Andrew Jackson • Theodore Roosevelt • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Harry S Truman • Richard Nixon United States Presidents who have died in office: 1. William Henry Harrison April 4, 1841 Natural Causes 2. Zachary Taylor July 9, 1850 Natural Causes 3. Abraham Lincoln April 14, 1865 Assassinated 4. James A. Garfield September 19, 1881 Assassinated July 2, 1881 5. William McKinley September 14, 1901 Assassinated September 6, 1901 6. Warren Harding August 2, 1923 Natural Causes--at the time of his death, some suspected food poison. 7. Franklin D. Roosevelt April 12, 1945 Natural Causes 8. John F. Kennedy November 22, 1963 Assassinated Attempted assassinations (from an article in Wikipedia) • Andrew Jackson • Theodore Roosevelt • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Harry S Truman • Richard Nixon United States Presidents who have died in office: 1. William Henry Harrison April 4, 1841 Natural Causes 2. Zachary Taylor July 9, 1850 Natural Causes 3. Abraham Lincoln April 14, 1865 Assassinated 4. James A. Garfield September 19, 1881 Assassinated July 2, 1881 5. William McKinley September 14, 1901 Assassinated September 6, 1901 6. Warren Harding August 2, 1923 Natural Causes--at the time of his death, some suspected food poison. 7. Franklin D. Roosevelt April 12, 1945 Natural Causes 8. John F. Kennedy November 22, 1963 Assassinated

Answer 3

Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated JFK from a window in the Texas Book Depository at Dealy Plaza in Dallas, TX on Friday, November 22nd, 1963. He was a lone gunman who was killed by Jack Ruby only days later. The reason for the assassination may have been political, but we may never know for sure.

Answer 4

Lee Harvey Oswald killed John F. Kennedy. Oswald was a man who never fit in; no matter what he tried, he always ended up alienating himself from the "group". The likelihood that he could cooperate or coordinate this activity with another person or persons is very remote. He had the training, the skill, and the means to carry it out all by himself. Most of all, after all of his failures, he had the motivation to make this grand gesture to ensure that his name would always be a part of American history.

Two Mafia hit men killed John F Kennedy because the Mafia wanted Kennedy gone.

Lee Harvey Oswald did not kill John F Kennedy (JFK) , but was a patsy.

The Mafia killed JFK because Bobby Kennedy the US Attorney General was

"turning up the heat" on the Mafia.

Even after all the work the Mafia had done in Chicago to get JFK elected president in 1960.

Mafia hit man James Files has recently admitted to firing the fatal bullet, the blew JFK's brains

out towards the rear, from the infamous grassy knoll in Daily Plaza.

James Files worked together with another Mafia hit man to "take the trash out" as he put it.

Answer 5

Because Grace Pickering was way to awesome. Just sayin'

Answer 6

He was shot by a guy named Lee Oswald then Lee Oswald Was shot

Answer 7

he got shot in a crowd