kennedy ultimately decided Deciding to enter Becoming_a_member the 1980 democratic party Participation presidential primaries , but earned Earnings_and_losses only 37.6 % of the vote and lost Earnings_and_losses the nomination to incumbent president jimmy carter .

after a 10-month investigation Criminal_investigation , the warren commission concluded Statement that oswald assassinated Killing kennedy , that oswald had acted entirely alone , and that ruby had acted alone in killing Killing oswald .

a later investigation Criminal_investigation , the united states house select committee on assassinations ( hsca ) agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act with the warren commission that the injuries Bodily_harm that kennedy and connally sustained were caused Causation by oswald 's three rifle shots Use_firearm , but they also concluded Coming_to_believe that kennedy was `` probably assassinated Killing as a result of a conspiracy Committing_crime '' as analysis of a unk audio recording Recording pointed to the existence Presence of an additional gunshot Use_firearm and therefore `` ... a high probability that two gunmen fired Use_firearm at [ the ] president '' .

a later investigation Criminal_investigation , the united states house select committee on assassinations ( hsca ) agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act with the warren commission that the injuries Bodily_harm that kennedy and connally sustained were caused Causation by oswald 's three rifle shots Use_firearm , but they also concluded Coming_to_believe that kennedy was `` probably assassinated Killing as a result of a conspiracy Committing_crime '' as analysis of a unk audio recording Recording pointed to the existence Presence of an additional gunshot Use_firearm and therefore `` ... a high probability that two gunmen fired Use_firearm at [ the ] president '' .

kennedy 's remains were taken Bringing to st. patrick 's cathedral , new york for two days of public viewing Perception_active before a funeral mass Rite was held on june 8 .