George Hickey
 George Hickey    (policeman) | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 March 1923 |
| Died | 25 February 2005 (Age 81) |
Member of the Secret Service who was in follow-up car, directly behind the presidential limousine, when President John F. Kennedy was shot in 1963. | |
George Warren Hickey Jr was a member of the Secret Service who was in follow-up car, directly behind the presidential limousine, when President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas in 1963.
Official narrative
As of 2022, Hickey was mentioned in Wikipedia, though he did not have his own page.[1]
Kennedy assassination
He became a member of the Secret Service working for the White House in Washington. During the motorcade tour of Dallas on 22nd November, 1963, Hickey was in the follow-up car, directly behind the presidential limousine. When President John F. Kennedy was shot he rose to his feet with his AR-15 machine gun but did not fire it.[2]
In Mortal Error: The Shot that Killed JFK, published in 1992, Bonar Menninger argues that Kennedy was killed by Hickey. He claimed that after the first shot, he stood up and lost his balance, and accidentally discharging his gun into the back of Kennedy’s head. According to Menninger: "Hickey reaches down and grabs the AR-15 off the floor, flips off the safety and stands up on the seat, preparing to return fire. But his footing is precarious. The follow-up car hits the brakes or speeds up. Hickey begins to swing the gun around to draw a bead on Oswald, but he loses his balance. He begins to fall. And the barrel happens to be pointing toward Kennedy's head. And the gun happens to go off."[2]
[Spartacus Educational has a more complete article on Hickey]
