Jack Ruby Kills Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement of Dallas police headquarters on November 24, 1963.
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The Event
Jack Ruby fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement of Dallas police headquarters on November 24, 1963. Oswald was being transferred in police custody.
The Wider Story
The killing was broadcast live and prevented a criminal trial of Oswald for President Kennedy's assassination. Ruby was prosecuted, and his own case followed a complicated legal course.
Putting the Event in Perspective
Oswald's death is not proof of every later conspiracy theory.
Reading the Historical Record
A reconstruction should explain custody and the loss of a trial without reenacting the shooting or presenting an unverified motive as established fact.
About the Historical Recreation
The accompanying visual is an illustrative reconstruction: an empty 1963 police-headquarters garage followed by a subdued period television newsroom. It is not authentic archival footage, an eyewitness record or additional evidence for the event.
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