Hopefully the aerial view shown below will clear up a few details. It seems to have been taken in late summer. Unfortunately I was not able to find one taken in Spring.
There seems to be some confusion as to where our dog, Harvey was at the time he was shot. And of course the most likely place the person who shot him could have been standing. You will see a small red x – placed at the South East Corner of our property. It was not filled with anything at the time except the wreck of my first motorcycle (the 2nd one was in the Garage)
As most serious researchers know, we heard 2 possible 3 shots. One passed thru Harvey’s leg and into his chest and eventually logged close to his spine. If you are curious about the likely bullets used, there is a some info at: https://wheatcarr.com/2022/08/05/bullet-diameter-and-weight/
Again different today, for those who would like a bit more detail, almost every one of the homes On on Grove Street had access to the Croton Aqueduct. Notably It was either between the 2nd and 3rd or 3rd and 4th that those of us who had to trudge up that hill to get to Gorton Jr or Sr High School would cut thru to Glenwood – taking a few blocks off the hike.
The driveway for 322 Warburton (our neighbor on the north side) was also used by many and then thru up the driveway to the backyard and then onto the Aqueduct. Cut across to where there was access to Wicker & Glenwood. Later, in the mid to late 80’s many of the homeowners started blocking their stairs because of vandalism.
No, I cannot answer and choose not to speculate why some of these details may have been left out of the various police reports or “theorist” who had access to the information.
Hopefully this will clear up some of the misleading statements of others who were not there, have made it clear they do not think accuracy is important if it requires them to admit an error of fact and so lacked complete details to make proper assumptions.