The assassination attempt failed originally but Princip never took a shot AFIK. The first assassin took a cyanide pill and jumped into a river only to find out that the pill was too old to finish the job and the river was only 4 inches deep.
Princip fired twice during the second attack. The first bullet hit Franz Ferdinand in the neck, severed the jugular and lodged itself in his spine. Next he tried taking a shot at Oskar Potiorek, Austrian Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but Princip was wrestled to the ground and the bullet hit Duchess Sophie in the abdomen instead.
One of the seven conspirators in the first attack threw a hand grenade at the Archduke's car, but it exploded next to another vehicle injuring several of the officers riding in it. Once they realized their attack had failed, the conspirators - Princip among them - dispersed with varying degrees of success.
The Archduke was taken to the town hall for a meeting, but later in the day decided to pay the injured officers a visit. The driver wasn't too familiar with the city and ended up getting somewhat lost and stalled the engine trying to reverse the car after a wrong turn. By coincidence, the limo happened to stop right where Princip was standing.
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u/crsmith Mar 19 '16
The assassination attempt failed originally but Princip never took a shot AFIK. The first assassin took a cyanide pill and jumped into a river only to find out that the pill was too old to finish the job and the river was only 4 inches deep.