J. D. Tippit ( September 18 , 1924 – November 22 , 1963 ) was an American police officer who was an 11-year veteran with the Dallas Police Department . About 45 minutes after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22 , 1963 , Tippit was shot dead in a residential neighborhood in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas , Texas . Lee Harvey Oswald was initially arrested for the murder of Tippit and was subsequently arrested for the killing of President Kennedy . Oswald was charged with both crimes shortly after his arrest . However , Oswald denied involvement in either of the cases . Because Oswald was shot and killed by nightclub owner Jack Ruby two days after the killings , he could not be prosecuted for either
assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
J. D. Tippit