Emmett Hudson
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Emmett Joseph Hudson was a witness to the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
in Dallas, Texas
, on 22 November 1963.
Hudson was employed by the Dallas Park Department as a groundskeeper in Dealey Plaza
. As the Presidential motorcade drove through the plaza, Hudson was standing with two other men on a stairway on the grassy knoll north of Elm Street, about 33 feet (10 m) from the corner of a stockade fence atop the knoll. He heard a total of three shots, and said that the second shot was the one that hit the President in the head. He believed the shots came from the direction of the Texas School Book Depository
. He testified to the Warren Commission
that he saw no one with a gun except police officers.
Hudson was also interviewed for the House Select Committee on Assassinations
in 1979, during which he confirmed his Warren Commission testimony, and said that he did not think that any shot was fired from behind the stockade fence.
John F. Kennedy assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas...
in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, on 22 November 1963.
Hudson was employed by the Dallas Park Department as a groundskeeper in Dealey Plaza
Dealey Plaza
Dealey Plaza , in the historic West End district of downtown Dallas, Texas , is the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963...
. As the Presidential motorcade drove through the plaza, Hudson was standing with two other men on a stairway on the grassy knoll north of Elm Street, about 33 feet (10 m) from the corner of a stockade fence atop the knoll. He heard a total of three shots, and said that the second shot was the one that hit the President in the head. He believed the shots came from the direction of the Texas School Book Depository
Texas School Book Depository
The Texas School Book Depository is the former name of a seven-floor building facing Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas . Located on the northwest corner of Elm and North Houston Streets, at the western end of downtown Dallas, its address is 411 Elm Street. The building is notable for its connection to...
. He testified to the Warren Commission
Warren Commission
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission, was established on November 27, 1963, by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963...
that he saw no one with a gun except police officers.
Hudson was also interviewed for the House Select Committee on Assassinations
United States House Select Committee on Assassinations
The United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations ' was established in 1976 to investigate the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. and the shooting of Governor George Wallace. The Committee investigated until 1978, and in 1979 issued its final...
in 1979, during which he confirmed his Warren Commission testimony, and said that he did not think that any shot was fired from behind the stockade fence.
External links
- Warren Commission Testimony of Emmett J. Hudson.
- Moorman photo of the assassination. Emmett Hudson is the middle of three men standing on the stairway.
- Emmett Hudson in the Zapruder and Nix films.
- Towner photo of the aftermath on the grassy knoll. Hudson is sitting on the stairs.
- Bond photo of the aftermath on the grassy knoll. Hudson is at the top of the stairs. "Well, as soon as everybody realized what had happened, you know, everybody went to going up the hill so we did too."
