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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VI - Page 447« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Domingo Benavides)

Mr. Belin.
All right.
Mr. Benavides.
And east on 10th.
Mr. Belin.
Then you turned east on----
Mr. Benavides.
The parts house sets on Marsalis and 10th.
Mr. Belin.
Marsalis and 10th?

Mr. BENAVIDES. Yes; so I got almost up to the parts house and I thought about the number, so I was going to go back and get the number off the carburetor. I turned in a drive and turned around and started back.
Mr. Belin.
On what street?
Mr. Benavides.
On 10th Street.
Mr. Belin.
On East 10th?
Mr. Benavides.
I was going west on 10th Street.
Mr. Belin.
All right.
Mr. Benavides.
Then I got almost up to the corner when I seen the policeman. I first seen the car stop up there.
Mr. Belin.
Now, you say you got almost to a corner. What corner was that?
Mr. Benavides.
At Denver and 10th.
Mr. BELIN. You almost got up to Denver and 10th heading west on 10th Street when you saw something?
Mr. Benavides.
I saw this police car.
Mr. Belin.
You saw a police car?
Mr. Benavides.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Where was the police car?

Mr. BENAVIDES. It was sitting about 4 or 5 feet from the curb and down about 2 houses from the corner of Patton Street.
Mr. Belin.
All right. Was it between Patton and Denver?
Mr. Benavides.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
On what side of East 10th, north or south?
Mr. Benavides.
On the south side.
Mr. Belin.
What direction was it headed?
Mr. Benavides.
It was headed east.
Mr. Belin.
What did you see then?

Mr. BENAVIDES. I then pulled on up and I seen this officer standing by the door. The door was open to the car, and I was pretty close to him, and I seen Oswald, or the man that shot him, standing on the other side of the car.
Mr. Belin.
All right. Did you see the officer as he was getting out of the car?
Mr. BENAVIDES. No; I seen as he was, well, he had his hand on the door and kind of in a hurry to get out, it seemed like.
Mr. Belin.
Had he already gotten out of the car?
Mr. Benavides.
He had already gotten around.
Mr. Belin.
Where did you see the other man?

Mr. BENAVIDES. The other man was standing to the right side of the car, riders side of the car, and was standing right in front of the windshield on the right front fender. And then I heard the shot. Actually I wasn't looking for anything like that, so I heard the shot, and I just turned into the curb. Looked around to miss a car, I think.
And then I pulled up to the curb, hitting the curb, and I ducked down, and then I heard two more shots.
Mr. Belin.
How many shots did you hear all told?
Mr. Benavides.
I heard three shots.
Mr. Belin.
You heard three shots?
Mr. Benavides.
Yes, sir,
Mr. Belin.
Where were you when your vehicle stopped?
Mr. BENAVIDES. About 15 foot, just directly across the street and maybe a car length away from the police car.
Mr. BELIN. Would you have been a car length to the east or a car length to the west of the police car?
Mr. Benavides.
East of the front side of it.
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