Benavides watched the gunman disappear around the corner of the Davis house and then sat in his truck "for a second or two" before getting out and going over to Tippit. After looking over Tippit, he leans in the open driver-side door and grabs the police radio mic. If you listen to the actual police tapes (versus what you get on the McAdams site) you can hear Benavides attempt to key the mic several times without getting through (he didn't work it correctly). These sounds can be heard for a complete minute at 1:15.
At some point during all of this, Bowley arrives, looks over Tippit's body and then eventually grabs the mic from Benavides.
Point being, Bowley didn't get on the mic right away because it was under the control of Benavides.
The shooting takes place at 1:14. Benavides begins keying the mic around 1:15-1:16. Bowley finally grabs the mic from Benavides at 1:17.
Yes, that's the fairytale version. If this is what actually happened, you have to believe that Callaway (who arrived at the scene after Bowley had finished his radio call) needed
four minutes, after the shots were fired, to get to 10th street. You have been there yourself and thus know the distance he needed to cover after his encounter with the killer on Patton, halfway between Jefferson and 10th street. There is no way that took him 4 minutes, unless he crawled of course.
The testimony of all three men tells a very different story. I'm not going to repeat it all here, but here's a link to my earlier post in which it is explained.
https://www.jfkassassinationforum.com/index.php?topic=2759.680All the events, prior to Callaway's arrival at the scene, happened within about 2 minutes after the shots.
The clock starts counting at the moment of the shots....
00:00:00 Tippit is killed
00:00:45 Benavides sees killer leave 10th street and gets out of his truck
00:01:00 Benavides tries to contact DPD dispatcher and fails
00:01:10 Callaway sees man with revolver run towards him on Patton
00:01:10 Bowley arrives on the scene (watch says 1:10)
00:01:20 Bowley takes over radio from Benavides and calls DPD dispatcher (the call lasts 46 seconds)
00:01:55 Callaway arrives on the scene
00:02:10 Callaway calls DPD dispatcher
The times are estimates.
Note; I gave Benavides 45 seconds after the shots to get out of his truck, when in fact the distance between Tippit's car and the corner of 10th/Patton only took 20 seconds to walk, which means the killer was out of Benavides' sight in less than half the time I gave him.
If you begin with the 1:19 verbal timestamp and work backwards, Bowley's report on the police radio took place at 1:17:41.
Merry Christmas, Martin.
I am aware of that, but it doesn't match the sequence of events as described by the witnesses.
Merry Christmas to you too, Bill