Mr. Stevenson. No, sir; I did not witness the shooting. If I may explain that, when Mr. Dhority backed the car that was to carry Lee Harvey Oswald to the county jail, then, as I have stated before, I stepped to the west side of it and was right about the front hinge of the door. I heard someone remark "They are coming out."
I looked around and observed Captain Fritz coming right through here.
Mr. Hubert. From the jail corridor?
Mr. Stevenson. From the jail corridor. When I saw him, I immediately directed my attention to the overall basement area of our security setup to observe anything that went on, and they had not taken but a few steps and had not reached the back of the car when I heard a shot, and immediately again I directed by attention to the prisoner and observed a group of officers, I would say, some 8 or 10, subduing someone.
And as I stepped back here, I saw Detective Graves who had been with Oswald.
Mr. Hubert. When you say, "stepped back"——
Mr. Stevenson. Back to where the shooting had taken place, I saw him rise from the crowd with a gun in his hand still holding it around the cylinder.
Ruby was picked up and taken into the jail office, who I afterwards learned was Ruby, and Oswald was also carried into the jail office. Lieutenant Wiggins instructed an ambulance to be called.
I then stepped back out of the jail.
When the shooting took place, the officers on the Main Street ramp, this one up here——