This is the FBI re****t on Charles Brehm's interview, taken on 11/24/63.
The re****t makes it very clear that Brehm did not notice any early
gunshots, only recalling a total of three. He heard the first of those,
as the limo pulled directly in front of him; the third came just after
the explosive head wound.
Of course, we can see Brehm in the Zapruder film at Z285, just as the
limo did indeed, pull directly in front of him.
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Charles F. Brehm, 1619 Kings Highway, was interviewed at his
residence at which time he furnished the following information:
He and his five-year-old son went to downtown Dallas to view the
President's motorcade, and they parked their car in the
Main-Houston Street area about 15 minutes before the motorcade was
due to come down Main Street. He took a vantage point on the
northwest corner of the intersection of Main and Houston Streets
and from that point, he was able to watch the car in which the
President and Mrs. KENNEDY rode, making a right turn from Main
Street into Houston Street.
After the President's automobile had rounded the corner into
Houston Street, he picked up his five-year-old son and ran across
the grass from Main Street over to the downhill curved ****tion of
Elm Street which leads from Houston Street to the Stemmons
Expressway. He and his son stood right at the curb on the grass
and saw the President's car take a wide swing as it turned left
from Houston Street into Elm Street.
When the President's automobile was very close to him and he could
see the President's face very well, the President was seated, but
was leaning forward when he stiffened perceptibly at the same
instant what appeared to be a rifle shot sounded. According to
BREHM, the President seemed to stiffen and come to a pause when
another shot sounded and the President appeared to be badly hit in
the head. Brehm said when the President was hit by the second
shot, he could notice the President's hair fly up, and then roll
over to his side, as Mrs. KENNEDY was apparently pulling him in
that direction.
BREHM said that a third shot followed and that all three shots
were relatively close together. BREHM stated that he was in
military service and he has had experience with bolt-action
rifles, and he expressed his opinion that the three shots were
fired just about as quickly as an individual can maneuver a
bolt-action rifle, take aim, and fire three shots.
BREHM stated he definitely knew that the President had been shot
and he recalled having seen blood on the President's face. He
also stated that it seemed quite apparent to him that the shots
came from one of two buildings back at the corner of Elm and
Houston Streets.
Immediately after the third shot rang out, BREHM pushed his son
down on the grass and for the moment was more concerned with the
safety of his son who might be hit accidentally by any wild
gunfire which might follow.
BREHM expressed his opinion that between the first and third
shots, the President's car only seemed to move some 10 or 12 feet.
It seemed to him that the automobile almost came to a halt after
the first shot, but of this he is not certain. After the third
shot, the car in which the President was riding increased its
speed and went under the freeway overpass and out of his sight.
As soon as the President's car went on its way out of sight,
numerous re****ters and police officers came running down the hill
to the general area where he was standing and many of them
gathered around him and began asking him questions. He answered
questions of re****ters and police officers to the best of his
knowledge and recollection, after which he was escorted up to the
Dallas police station where he was interviewed some more. He
estimated that he was detained at the Police Department for a
period of two hours before he was finally permitted to leave.
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