TENTH & PATTON

Tippit Shooting Scene Location

The Tippit shooting scene is located at 404 E. Tenth Street in Oak Cliff, Texas, 2.5 miles southwest of downtown Dallas. The area has changed significantly over the last fifty years.

The shooting occurred approximately 114 feet east of the southeast corner of Tenth and Patton (near the utility pole now located on the south side of the street).

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.

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

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