Arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theatre

After the assassination of President Kennedy and the subsequent killing of Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit, Lee Harvey Oswald was apprehended inside the Texas Theatre on November 22, 1963. Witnesses reported that Oswald entered the theater without purchasing a ticket and was later identified and arrested there by police. The Texas Theatre has since been preserved as a historical site associated with Oswald's capture and the events of that day. The arrest at this location is a frequently cited moment in the city's criminal history.