J.D. Tippit

This is the site of the most infamous cop killing in Dallas history. Police officer J.D. Tippit was patrolling the neighborhood near Adamson High School on Nov. 22, 1963, when he stopped Lee Harvey Oswald following the JFK assassination. Oswald shot and killed Tippit. The site received a historical marker in 2012.

Also see: Top Ten Records, 338 W. Jefferson, is the Oak Cliff record shop that Tippit frequented. The Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson, is where the police ultimately arrested Oswald. Santos Mufflers & Radiators, 401 E. Jefferson, is the former Texaco station where Oswald dropped his black jacket. Hughes Funeral Home, 400 E. Jefferson, sent an ambulance to the scene of the Tippit murder.