Jim Leavelle
Jim Leavelle | |
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In this Pulitzer Prize winning photograph, Leavelle (in light suit) reacts as Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald. | |
| Born | James Robert Leavelle August 23, 1920 Red River County, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | August 29, 2019 (aged 99) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Occupation | Detective |
| Spouse | Taimi Sanelma Trast (died 2014) |
| Children | 2 |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Navy |
| Service years | 1939–1942 |
| Conflicts | World War II |
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James Robert Leavelle (August 23, 1920 – August 29, 2019) was a Dallas Police Department homicide detective who, on November 24, 1963, was escorting Lee Harvey Oswald through the basement of Dallas Police headquarters when Oswald was fatally shot by Jack Ruby. Leavelle prominently appeared in films and photographs of the murder, including one that won a Pulitzer Prize—taken just as Ruby shot Oswald.