Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

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Chapter III[C4-305] details the investigation into the murder of Dallas Police Patrolman J.D. Tippit, presenting eyewitness testimony, lineup procedures, ballistic evidence linking the murder weapon to Oswald, the trace of the revolver’s ownership to Oswald, the recovery of Oswald’s jacket along the flight path, and the sequence of events leading to Oswald’s arrest at the Texas Theatre.

William Arthur Smith

William Arthur Smith, standing about a block east of 10th and Patton, heard shots and saw a man running west and a policeman falling. He did not come forward on November 22, but several days later reported what he saw to the FBI. After seeing Oswald on television—where his hair appeared blond—Smith later viewed a photograph of Oswald with brown hair and told the FBI the man in the picture more closely resembled the person he saw running from the scene.

Ted Callaway and Sam Guinyard

Ted Callaway (manager of a used-car lot) and Sam Guinyard (a porter) heard shots and saw a man running south on Patton with a revolver held high. Callaway called out to the man, who halted briefly then continued west on Jefferson. The two found Tippit lying beside his car, picked up his fallen revolver, and attempted to pursue the gunman in a taxicab without success. That evening both positively identified Oswald from a four-man lineup as the man with the gun, and both testified they had not been shown photographs prior to the lineup.

Lineup Procedures

The Dallas Police Department provided the Commission with photographs of the men who appeared in lineups with Oswald, and the Commission investigated both general Dallas Police lineup procedures and the specific procedures used in lineups involving Oswald. The Commission expressed satisfaction that the lineups were conducted fairly.