Warren Commission (07 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) — John Shaqi
Warren Commission (07 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (07 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. BELIN. That is at Elm and Houston?
Mr. WALKER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Where did you park your car?
Mr. WALKER. Right in front of the building.
Mr. BELIN. What did you do after you got your car parked?
Mr. WALKER. Went inside the building.
Mr. BELIN. Where did you go inside?
Mr. WALKER. I went right inside the front doors there and the hallway
there and I stayed in there.
Mr. BELIN. What did you do?
Mr. WALKER. Well, there was squads of police upstairs supposedly
searching the building out, and someone said they have enough upstairs,
so I didn't go upstairs.
Mr BELIN. What did you do when you were downstairs?
Mr. WALKER. We were checking persons as they came in the building.
Mr. BELIN. Did you keep people from coming in or going out, or what?
Mr. WALKER. We didn't let anyone in or out except policemen.
Mr. BELIN. About how soon after you saw the telecast do you think you
got down there?
Mr. WALKER. Ten or fifteen minutes.
Mr. BELIN. Was the building sealed off at that time?
Mr. WALKER. Yes; it was.
Mr. BELIN. Did anyone tell you when they got it sealed off, or not?
Mr. WALKER. No; they didn't.
Mr. BELIN. What did you do after that?
Mr. WALKER. I heard that an officer had been killed in Oak Cliff, had
been shot, and I got back in my car and started off. A newsman ran up
to the window and said, "Can I ride with you," and I let him get in the
car and I went to Oak Cliff and 10th Street, and drove by the scene.
In fact, there was two newspapermen, but one got out at the scene where
Officer Tippit was killed.
Mr. BELIN. Was Officer Tippit's car still there?
Mr. WALKER. Yes; it was still there.
Mr. BELIN. Do you have any recollection--did you take a look at the car
or not?
Mr. WALKER. I didn't really look real close.
Mr. BELIN. Did you talk to any witnesses there?
Mr. WALKER. No; I didn't get out.
Mr. BELIN. What did you do then?
Mr. WALKER. I started up cruising the area, and I went up the street
that runs north and south and faces the, runs into the library at
Jefferson and Marsalis, and I saw a white male running east across the
lawn of the library.
I was still approximately three-fourths of the block from Jefferson,
and he was even south of Jefferson.
Mr. BELIN. How far would he have been from you then when you saw him?
Mr. WALKER. He was over a block.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
Mr. WALKER. I put out a broadcast on the air that there was a person
fitting the description on the air that was seen running in front of
the library, and I gave the location and said I will be around at the
back. I ran around to the back of the library and other squads then
surrounded the library.
Mr. BELIN. You were not the one that put out the first description of
the suspect they sought?
Mr. WALKER. I didn't. The newspaperman was still with me at that time.
Mr. BELIN. What was the description, if you remember, over the radio as
to what you were looking for?
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