Man Commits Suicide at JFK Assassination Site
A man apparently shot himself to death on the “X” in Dallas’ Dealey Plaza that marks the spot where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated 40 years ago, authorities said.
Witnesses said they saw a man in a camouflage jacket holding a gun on his chest and lying in the middle of the street on the spray-painted “X,” an unofficial memorial maintained by the publisher of a local conspiracy theory publication.
A witness said it initially appeared that the man had been struck by a vehicle. When police arrived, they found a small-caliber revolver, said Dallas Police Department spokesman Chris Gilliam.
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