Dallas · 22 November 1963
Oswald, J. D. Tippit and the Texas Theatre
A focused chronology of Lee Harvey Oswald's movements after the assassination, the killing of Dallas police officer J. D. Tippit and Oswald's arrest inside the Texas Theatre.
Sequence
From Dealey Plaza to Oak Cliff
The Warren Commission reconstructed Oswald's movements after he left the Texas School Book Depository. It concluded that he travelled to his rooming house, left again shortly after 1 p.m., encountered Patrolman J. D. Tippit in Oak Cliff and killed Tippit at about 1:16 p.m. The Commission's conclusion was based on witness identifications, firearms evidence and evidence connected with Oswald's movements. Oswald denied involvement during his detention.
Historical record
How the official investigations treated the episode
The Warren Commission placed the Tippit killing and Texas Theatre arrest among the principal pieces of evidence it considered when identifying Oswald as Kennedy's assassin. The House Select Committee on Assassinations later summarized the same sequence and reported that Oswald was arrested at the Texas Theatre after Tippit's killing.
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