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- About 45 minutes after the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, Tippit was shot and killed in a residential neighborhood in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas, by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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On November 22, 1963, Tippit was working beat number 78, his normal patrol area in south Oak Cliff, a residential area of Dallas. At 12:45 p.m., 15 minutes after Kennedy was shot, Tippit received a radio order to drive to the central Oak Cliff area as part of a concentration of police around the center of the city.
NOVEMBER 22: THE EVIDENCE. The evidence against Lee Harvey Oswald in the murder of Officer J.D. Tippit is substantial. Two eyewitnesses - Helen Markham and Jack Tatum - saw Oswald shoot Tippit. Three others - William Scoggins, Barbara Davis, and Virginia Davis - were in the immediate vicinity and saw Oswald flee the scene.
J.D. checked in at the Dallas Police Department's Oak Cliff Substation around seven and by 7:30 a.m. was heading south to patrol his assigned district - number 78 - located five miles from downtown Dallas. Tippit's patrol car (left) at the Rebel Drive-In in the fall of 1963.
Police search two old furniture stores in the 400 block of East Jefferson looking for Tippit's killer. 1:25:42 p.m. Officer J.T. Griffin broadcasts the discovery of a jacket, believed to be the killer's, in the parking lot behind the Texaco Service station at Crawford and Jefferson. 1:30:30 p.m.
On November 22 Tippit was in the area of central Oak Cliff, patrol district 91, which was assigned to Officer William Mentzel, and Tippit was several miles from his assigned district.
A few years ago, fellow Dallas officer, Detective James Leavelle, visited the Memorial for the first time to see his friend Officer Tippit’s name. Detective Leavelle was handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald, escorting him through the basement of Dallas Police Headquarters, when Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby. Mr. Leavelle spoke at the ...
Mar 3, 2014 · On November 22, 1963 the entire city of Dallas was buzzing about the visit of President John F. Kennedy. Tippit checked in at 0730 hours at the Oak Hill substation to begin his patrol shift. He was a little disappointed that he would not see President Kennedy — his assigned patrol area was five miles from downtown Dallas, where the President ...
