Historic Plaque - 10th & Patton, Oak Cliff, Dallas
OFFICER
J. D. TIPPIT
ON NOVEMBER 22,
1963 , AT THIS INTERSECTION, DALLAS
POLICE OFFICER J.D. TIPPIT WAS MURDERED BY LEE
HARVEY OSWALD 45 MINUTES AFTER PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED. OSWALD FLED
TO HIS ROOMING HOUSE IN OAK CLIFF IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE OFFICER TIPPIT WAS
ASSIGNED. WHILE ON PATROL AND TRAVELING EAST
ON 10TH ST.
HAVING JUST CROSSED PATTON ST. TIPPIT
STOPPED OSWALD WHO WAS WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK. AFTER A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH
HIM THROUGH THE PASSENGER WINDOW, TIPPIT EXITED HIS POLICE CAR ,
AT WHICH TIME OSWALD FIRED THREE SHOTS ACROSS THE HOOD, STRIKING TIPPIT AS HE
PULLED HIS GUN. OSWALD THEN CAME AROUND THE REAR OF THE CAR
AND FIRED A FOURTH SHOT. OSWALD LEFT THE AREA .
TEMPLE BOWLEY ,
A CITIZEN, STPPED AND USED TIPPITS RADIO TO
CALL FOR HELP. OFFICER TIPPIT WAS TAKEN TO METHODIST HOSPTIAL, WHERE HE WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL.
OSWALD APPEARED AT HARDY’S SHOE
STORE SHORTLY. SHORTLY AFTER MANAGER JOHNNY C. BREWER HEARD A RADIO BROADCAST
THAT A POLICE OFFICER HAD BEEN SHOT AND
KILLED NEARBY, BREWER FOLLOWED OSWALD TO THE TEXAS THEATER, WHERE EMPLOYEE
JULIA POSTAL CALLED POLICE. DUE TO BREWER’S SUSPICION, THERE, OSWALD ATTEMPTED
TO SHOOT ARRESTING OFFICER M. N. MCDONALD.
TIPPIT, WHO LEFT BEHIND A WIFE AND
THREE CHILDREN, IS BURIED AT LAURAL LAND
MEMORAL PARK .
IN 1964 HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE MEDAL OF VALOR FROM THE NATIONAL POLICE
HALL OF FAME ,
THE POLICE MEDAL OF HONOR, THE POLICE CROSS, AND
THE CITIZENS TRAFFIC COMMISSION AWARD FOR HEROISM. ALTHOUGHT THE INTERSECTION
OF 10TH AND PATTON STREETS HAS
CHANGED, OFFICER TIPPIT’S ACTIONS AND
SUBSEQUENT MURDER AT THIS SITE ARE
REMEMBRED FOR SETTING INTO MOTION A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT LED DIRECTLY TO
OSWALD’S ARREST.
MARKER IS PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
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