Jim Leavelle

James Robert Jim Leavelle (born August 23, 1920) is a Pearl Harbor veteran and the former Dallas, Texas, homicide detective who was escorting Lee Harvey Oswald through the basement of Dallas Police headquarters when Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby. Widely distributed photographs of Oswald shortly before the shooting, depict Leavelle standing to Oswalds right and wearing a light-colored suit with matching hat.

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