Who killed John F. Kennedy?

• A. Lee Harvey Oswald
• B. John Wilkes Booth
• C. James Earl Ray
• D. Charles J. Guiteau

Answer: (A)

Kennedy’s assassination is a defining moment of the 1960s, and the person most widely identified as the shooter is Lee Harvey Oswald. He allegedly fired from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas on November 22, 1963, using a rifle. He was arrested that day but killed two days later, which prevented a trial. The official investigation, the Warren Commission, concluded Oswald acted alone. While conspiracy theories persist, the established record centers on Oswald as the shooter. The other names correspond to individuals who killed different figures in different eras—John Wilkes Booth killed Lincoln, Charles Guiteau killed Garfield, and James Earl Ray killed Martin Luther King Jr.—so they aren’t connected to this event.