Why Were Bonnie Ray Williams & co. Apparently Unconcerned re the

In the back of my mind, there's always been a nagging little question
re the Fifth Floor Gang (copr Barb J).  Why did they seem so
unconcerned, personally, about the fact that there was a sniper with
a
rifle on the floor above them?  Oh, yes, they established that he was
at the window--sounds of shooting, falling shells, clicks, debris,
etc.  But after that, they seem blithely unconcerned re the shooter.
Ball:  Did you hear anyone going up or down the stairs?
Williams:  No, I didn't.
Ball:  Did you pay any attention to that?
Williams:  No, sir.
Ball:  Were you paying any attention whether or not there was anyone
up above?
Williams:  No, sir.  We wasn't paying any attention.
(v3p181)

They're concerned only with the activity *below*.  Not with the
sniper
whom they might run into on the stairs & who might blast holes in
their heads.  It's as if Lee Harvey Oswald or George Harvey Bone or
whoever disappeared after he fired the shots.  Or as if they knew
before they made any statements that the shooter  had stowed his gun
away before leaving, hence was harmless.  (Unless he had a sidearm.)


Counsel distracts from this question with the nitwit query, Did
anybody say anything about going up to the 6th floor?  (Norman:  "I
don't remember anyone" saying any such stupid thing. v3p192)


Joseph Ball was either a very very brave man or a real moron....


Perhaps Williams & co. believed that the sniper was only after U.S.
Presidents, hence they were safe.  Or they never heard a thing from
the floor above....
dw