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The extreme unlikelihood of the 2 hits/3 shots/6 seconds scenario was highlighted in the 1967 CBS rifle test. Eleven highly skilled marksmen participated in a fairly (though not totally) realistic simulation of the conditions under which Oswald would have had to fire. NOT ONE of the eleven expert shooters managed to score two hits on his first attempt--and Oswald would have had only one attempt. In fact, of the eleven CBS shooters, SEVEN failed to score two hits on ANY of their attempts.

They may have all come from the back, but same gunman (?) appears to be the main question. I don't know the answer to this...but were all 3 bullets found and proven to be from same gun?

"...but were all 3 bullets found and proven to be from same gun?"

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No, no bullets were found at the scene. The one bullet that was "found" was the infamous pristine "magic bullet" that is purported to have passed through JFK & Governor Connelly (sp?) was found on Conelly's stretcher after "falling" out of a shallow wound in either his wrist or his leg. There were no marks on it. It was as if it hadn't touched anything.

I also just read that there was no chain of custody for pristine bullet or 3rd bullet casing, nobody really remembers whose stretcher it was on, and that a ballistics expert testified that the bullet in pic taken in 1964 and supposedly same bullet pic taken later are not one in the same by a long shot. You can clearly see it in the photo. Later pic of bullet showed a bullet fired from a weapon whose rifling was nearly smooth and neither had organic material present. I read the testimony. After reading the testimony and other info, I'd have to conclude Oswald got off two rounds...first one a hit (unknown which hit) and second a miss (probably hit Gov Connely or missed completely hitting curb and bystander.) 3rd and/or 4th bullet(s) fired almost simultaneously from another location(s), behind or in front, it doesn't matter, in case Oswald missed, one or both of which hit. IMO. The 3rd bullet casing which "turned up later"...well..no police Captain is going to put it in his pocket and forget about it, only to disclose it later, and if they did, it wouldn't be admissable. It looks like history/evidence was put in a blender on this one and we'll never know for sure.

The first bullet hit a bystander at the triple underpass. It or concrete hit him in the cheek after bouncing off the curb. It was never found.

The second was found on the Connelly's gurney. He has a final shallow thigh wound.

The third broke into two major pieces. The nose and the base. Those pieces broke the windshield and dented the chrome. One piece was found on the driver seat and the other on the front floorboard. All fragments and the bullet were traced to Oswald's rifle.