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ir~rvr*nm"t ■ -t .m.W December 2, 1963 Mr. J. ft. Curry Chief of Police Subject: Arrest of ^-ee Harvey Oswald Sir: On November 1963, I was working Squad #211 with Officer E. R. Baggett, Ke have received information that an officer had been shot in the b.CO Block East Tenth Street. We reported to the area, and began a search with several otver officers for the suspect in the shooting. The Dispatcher gave information that a person fitting the description of the suspect had entered the Texas Theater in the IiOO block W. Jefferson. T drove up the alley to the rear of the theater and Officer T. A. Hutson, who had started riding with us during the search, went to the exit door of the theater. There was a white male at the door who said that he was the manager of the shoe store next door, and that he had seen the person inside the theater. Offiers C. T. Walker, M. N# McDonald, and Officer Hutson lad entered the theater and I walked in with the person who said he had seen the suspect. He pointed to a white male sitting in the rear of the center section, and at this time I jumped off the stage and started t ox-sard the person. I was walking up t^e north aisle when Officer McDonald, who had walked up the south aisle, approached the person in question. The subject stood up and as Officer McDonald started to search him, he struck Officer McDonald in the face. The subject and Officer McDonald began to fight and both fell down in the seats. Officer Walker and I ran toward the subject and grabbed him by his left arm. The subject had reached in his belt for a gun, and Officer McDonald 65
Report written by Ray Hawkins to Chief J. E. Curry concerning the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald. Hawkins describes going to the Texas Theater and grabbing Oswald by the arm with the help of Officer Hutson.
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Hawkins, Ray.[Report from Ray Hawkins to Chief J. E. Curry, concerning the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald #1],
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December 2, 1963;
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