van. The viewers saw a thin young man, handcuffed and led by two policemen in large cowboy hats. Suddenly, a man emerged from the throng of reporters. He approached the thin man, shoved a pistol into his ribs and shot him. It was the first murder in history to be seen live on television. The gun had been aimed at the man’s heart, but he had warded off the shot and it had caught him lower in the body. With so many reporters on the spot with television and photographic cameras, the shot was recorded from several angles. Some of them can be seen on
