No kidding! I’ve always kind of felt bad for her since she was within inches of his face when the final shot blew his skull out. In the film you see her leaning in to him as if to ask “what’s wrong?” and then the fatal shot. I would imagine the shock of it all had her climbing out onto the trunk.
She reached back to grab a piece of his skull & scalp off the trunk deck.
I think the first shot went through his upper back, then wounded Gov. Connally. I think Mrs. Connally was quoted as saying, “They’re going to kill us all!” about the time the Governor keeled over. The fatal shot, when the president’s front, right skull was hanging down on the side of his face, blood and brain matter everywhere, I’m surprised she didn’t bail over the side.
He was using a war surplus Italian rifle, siting on a moving target at over 300 feet, with some branches in the way. The Marines turn out some real shooters.