Reggie,
As you might have heard, Thomas Hagan, one of the gunmen in the
assassination of Malcolm X was released from prison recently after
serving forty-five years. The following link is to an article that
includes an autopsy report (with an eerie photograph of Malcolm's
corpse) and grand jury testimony from his widow, the late Betty Shabazz:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0319103malcolmx1.html?link=rssfeedThe photograph clearly shows three (possibly four) wounds within
inches of Malcolm's heart and raises some questions: How could
Hagan, discharging a 45 caliber handgun, and someone else firing a
sawed-off shotgun filled with buckshots at a man behind a podium,
have been so accurate? Were they trained marksmen? Could there have
been other shooters?
We are also reminded by the photograph of how young and able-bodied
Malcolm was at thirty-nine when his life was so suddenly taken away.
