Kellerman actually says "a flurry of rounds CAME INTO the car."
The fact their ducking at the time of the shot is more likely due to the shot/shots than reacting to fragments. Why jump to the conjecture about them reacting to fragments when a round just entered the car? Kellerman said he heard the gross sound of the round hitting JFK's head. I think he described it as a melon being dropped. I am sure that is enough to make anyone duck all by itself. No need to theorize about reacting to fragments.
But the biggest problem for me is those fragments would hit the windshield a fraction of a second after the head shot.
The debris that flew up can be measured to over 100mph. The debris that hit the windshield would have been traveling about the same speed. Traveling the 7 feet from JFK to the windshield would take about 1/20th of a second. The debris and fragments would hit the windshield far too quickly for it to be perceived as two separate shots.
The fact that Greer was looking at JFK when his head exploded and Kellerman said he heard it hit gives us more than enough reason to explain their ducking without invoking the fragments. Or you could say the reacted to both the head shot and the fragments as a single event. But there is no reason to assume they took the fragments to be a separate shot.
It guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this point.
I was simply saying that, although it is conjecture to assume Kellerman was describing the front of the limo being sprayed by bullet fragments as a "flurry of shells", it's not "unsupported" conjecture:
It is clear from Kellerman's testimony that the moment he refers to the "flurry" is the same moment as the head-shot.
We know the bullet fragmented at the head-shot.
We know these fragments sprayed the front of the limo.
We know this spray of fragments caused damage to the reinforced windshield and chrome trim.
We know from the Z-film this is the same moment Greer and Kellerman ducked.
It maybe a coincidence Kellerman describes a "flurry of shells" coming into the car at the same moment the front of the limo is sprayed with bullet fragments but I doubt it.
"The fact their ducking at the time of the shot is more likely due to the shot/shots than reacting to fragments. Why jump to the conjecture about them reacting to fragments when a round just entered the car?"Kellerman is clearly describing multiple objects entering the front of the limo and not "a round". How can a single round be described as a "flurry". Furthermore, it's my opinion that when Kellerman says the flurry "came into the car" he is describing the front of the limo, not what is going on behind him. JFK had already been shot through the neck but Kellerman doesn't describe that as a "flurry of shells".
It is pure conjecture to assume Kellerman is describing a single shot as a "flurry".
"Kellerman said he heard the gross sound of the round hitting JFK's head. I think he described it as a melon being dropped. I am sure that is enough to make anyone duck all by itself. No need to theorize about reacting to fragments."To imagine both special agents ducked for cover because they heard something that sounded like a melon being dropped can only be described as wild conjecture. We know that the front of the limo was sprayed with bullet fragments, this would seem like an ideal moment to duck for cover and it can be no coincidence that they duck for cover a split second after the head-shot.
Which seems more plausible - duck for cover because a) the front of the limo is sprayed with bullet fragments, or b) it sounded like a melon being dropped.
Like I say, this is a point we will have to agree to disagree on.
