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...three bullets that hit Kennedy, including the one that entered his head, were fired from behind; witnesses have testified, however, that Sirhan was standing in front of Kennedy...
...angle at which the bullets entered Kennedy's body suggests that the assassin fired from the floor, though witnesses say that Sirhan was standing...
...Angeles County Medical Examiner Thomas Noguchi, who performed the autopsy, testified at the Ward inquiry that the fatal slug was fired from only inches away; yet Sirhan was at least 2 to 3 ft. away from Kennedy...
...William Harper, an independent ballistics expert, has been quoted as saying that the bullet taken from Kennedy's neck could not have been fired by the same gun that wounded a bystander. At the trial, Sirhan's gun, taken from him in the pantry, was never positively tied to either bullet...
Disturbing as they appear, all but the final point were seriously undermined last week by Vincent DiPierro, a catering manager who was one of the few witnesses with an unobstructed view of the shooting. In his first public interview since the assassination, DiPierro told the Washington Post that Sirhan was indeed standing in front of Kennedy, but Kennedy had turned to shake someone's hand when Sirhan began firing...