 In order to dissuade any other bomb throwers, the motorcade zipped down Apple K at high speeds. By mistake, however, the first three cars turned onto a side street right where Princip happened to be standing. As the cars attempted to reverse back into the Apple K, Princip whipped out his pistol and fired two shots at the Archduke from point-blank range, piercing him in the neck and also striking Sophie's abdomen. Sophie, Sophie, don't die. Stay alive for our children, Ferdinand murmured. Within minutes, though, both had passed away.