J. D. Tippit was an American World War II U.S. Army veteran and police officer who served as an 11-year veteran with the Dallas Police Department. 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. Oswald was initially arrested for the murder of Tippit and was subsequently charged for killing President Kennedy. Oswald was murdered by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, two days later.
Tippit, c. 1963
The corner of Tenth Street and Patton Avenue in the Oakcliff Neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, where Tippit was murdered
Texas historical marker at 10th Street and Patton Avenue in Dallas
The Dallas Police Department, established in 1881, is the principal law enforcement agency serving the city of Dallas, Texas.
Dallas Police Department headquarters
The street in front of Dallas police headquarters was renamed Botham Jean Blvd. in 2021.