Detailed evidence about the last two killings in the Bogside on Bloody Sunday was given yesterday by a witness who also said he saw a soldier fire a shot in the direction of a uniformed Knights of Malta medic.
Mr Gerry McCauley is a key witness to the killing of Gerald Donaghey (17) and Gerard McKinney (35), who were the last of 13 civilians who died on Bloody Sunday. The circumstances and location of their shooting has long been the subject of confusion and controversy.
Mr McCauley (75), a retired plasterer from Strabane, Co Tyrone, told the inquiry yesterday he had moved into the area behind Glenfada Park and Abbey Park after he saw soldiers coming across William Street in his direction.
Shooting was going on, and after he saw two soldiers in an entry a bullet grazed the sleeve of his jacket, cutting the fabric. He took refuge in a nearby house and looked out of a front window.
Mr McCauley said he was watching a huddle of people sheltering behind the western block of Glenfada Park. The windows of some of the houses there were being opened to allow the people to climb in to take shelter and the crowd at the wall was getting lighter.
He then saw two people walking out from that area. One was a man, "and the other was a wee lad, a cub". When they were five or six yards out from the wall they were shot and fell on some shallow steps.
He could not see where the shots came from, but said the two were not doing anything which should have caused them to be shot - they had nothing in their hands and were not even running.
Mr McCauley said he saw the young lad's leg moving and he decided to go out from cover. "I wanted to do something for him," he said.
"I went over to the steps, not even looking for soldiers." The older man was dead, he continued, and he moved towards the young lad, who was groaning. As he walked across, he saw two soldiers in the alleyway leading from Glenfada Park and he became scared - "I froze on the spot", he said in a 1972 statement which was reviewed yesterday.
At that point a girl in a white coat or uniform also approached the bodies. (She is believed to have been the Knights of Malta volunteer, Ms Evelyn Lafferty, who has given evidence that a bullet hit her trouser leg at about this location).
Mr McCauley said: "When she appeared, a third soldier came up between the two soldiers . . . knelt down and fired a shot (which) hit the pavement about two feet in front of her.
"She got down on the ground. She then got up and came towards the dead man on the steps. There was no more shooting."
The inquiry continues today.