have been determined with very high precision. 23:21:30 – Palme and his wife are shot. 23:22:20 – A witness calls Sweden's emergency number, 90 000, to report the shooting, but the call is misdirected and the caller is not put through to the police. 23:23:40 – A Järfälla Taxi switchboard operator calls the police dispatch centre to pass on a message from one of its drivers to the effect that someone has been shot at the corner Sveavägen and Tunnelgatan. 23:24:00 (approx.) – A police patrol, stationed a few hundred meters away, arrives on scene after being alerted by a second taxi driver who heard of the shooting on his taxi radio. 23:24:40 – The police are contacted by the emergency dispatch centre concerning the shooting on Sveavägen. The dispatch centre operator denies knowledge about any such events. 23:24:00–23:25:30 (approx.) – A patrol wagonstationed at Malmskillnadsgatan, not far from the attacker's escape route arrives and is ordered by the commanding officer to hunt for the attacker. 23:25:00 (approx.) – An ambulance, which just happens to be passing the crime scene, is flagged down and assists the victims. 23:26:00 – The police dispatch centre calls the SOS emergency centre to assure them they are informed about the events on the Sveavägen/Tunnelgatan intersection. A third police patrol arrives. A second ambulance arrives. 23:28:00 – The first ambulance leaves for the Sabbatsberg Hospital, around a kilometre away from the scene, with both victims. Mrs Palme, suffering only a minor graze to her back, refuses to leave her husband. 23:30:00 – The police superintendent in charge at the scene informs the police dispatch centre that the prime minister was the victim. 23:31:40 – The emergency dispatch centre is informed that the ambulance has arrived at the hospital. 23:37:00–23:40:00 – The emergency dispatch centre is informed by the ambulance that the prime minister was the victim, that he's fatally wounded and likely not going to survive. 00:06:00 – Palme is pronounced dead. 00:45:00 – Deputy Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson arrives at Rosenbad, the office of the Swedish government. 01:10:00 – First radio broadcast about the murder. 04:00:00 – First television broadcast. 05:15:00 – The government holds a press conference. Leads from the crime scene The only forensic leads left by the assassin were the two bullets fired, identified as Winchester-Western .357 Magnum 158 grain metal piercing. Both bullets matched the lead fragments found in the