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Signature. James Robert "Jim" Leavelle (August 23, 1920 – August 29, 2019) was a Dallas, Texas homicide detective who was escorting Lee Harvey Oswald through the basement of Dallas Police headquarters when Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby .
On November 24, 1963, the face of Detective James "Jim" Robert Leavelle would be burned into the American Zeitgeist. The "Tall Man in a Tan Suit" was forever immortalized in the famous picture of Jack Ruby emerging from the crowd and firing the fatal shot that would kill Lee Harvey Oswald. But the story of how he would ultimately end up as the ...
Retired Dallas (TX) Police Homicide Detective James Leavelle sat down with the National Law Enforcement Museum in 2018 for an Oral History, describing his ex...
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Aug 30, 2019 · Former Dallas police Detective Jim Leavelle was transporting Oswald to the Dallas County Jail when the assassin was suddenly shot on live television by nightclub owner and police informant Jack ...
Aug 30, 2019 · FILE - In this Dec. 11, 1998 file photo, shows Jim Leavelle in Stafford, Kansas holding the iconic 1963 photograph, as he escorted Lee Harvey Oswald moments before he is shot in Dallas. Leavelle ...
Aug 30, 2019 · Leavelle, who had a long, distinguished career with the Dallas Police Department, was wearing a tan suit and Stetson hat while escorting Oswald from Dallas City Hall to the Dallas County Jail when ...
Aug 30, 2019 · Jim Leavelle, the Dallas Police detective who was at Lee Harvey Oswald's side when Jack Ruby shot and killed Kennedy's assassin, died at 99. ... "He really felt a need to address the theories ...
