TENTH & PATTON

Aerial photograph showing the location of the Tippit shooting at Tenth and Patton, Oak Cliff, Texas Aerial photograph showing the area immediately surrounding the Tippit shooting scene

Overview of the location of the Tippit shooting Detail of area surrounding the Tippit shooting scene

Tippit Shooting Scene Location The Tippit shooting scene is located at 404 E. Tenth Street in Oak Cliff, Texas, approximately 150 feet east of the corner of Tenth and Patton, and 2.5 miles southwest of downtown Dallas. Oswald fled south on Patton to Jefferson Boulevard, then west one block to Crawford, where he cut north through a parking lot located behind a Texaco Service station on the northeast corner, and ditched his jacket. Oswald then headed west and was spotted in front of Hardy's Shoe Store on Jefferson Boulevard, six blocks from the shooting scene. Oswald was next observed entering the Texas Theater, 150 feet further west on Jefferson Boulevard, where he was arrested 37 minutes after the murder.