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C ' J. R. Leavelle-Page 2 o "then was given the qTi clear sign* Y/e walked out and had just reached the ramp where the car we were to ride in was being backed into position by Detective Dhority "when out or the mass of humanity composed or all the news media, which had surged forward to within six or seven feet of us, came the figure of a man with a gun in hand. He took two quick steps and double actioned a .38 revolver point blank at Oswald. 1 jerked back on ^swald, at the same time reaching out and catching Jack Ruby on the left shoulder, shoving back and down on him, bringing myself between Ruby and Oswald. I could see Det. Graves had Ruby's gun hand and gun in his hands, v- ^ turned my attention to Oswald and with the help of ^et. Combest we took Oswald back into the jail office and laid him down. Handcuffs were removed and the city hall doctor, 9r. Bieberdorf was summoned. We also called O'Neal ambulance. Oswald was placed in the ambulance and rushed to Parkland hospital* In the ambulance besides the crew was Dr. ^ieberdorf, Det. L. C. Graves, Det. 0. N. ^hority and myself. He was xushed to surgery where he expired at 1j07 pm, November 2U, 1963, pronounced by Dr. T0m Shires. Judge Pierce ^cBride was summoned. I gave him all the information needed to request an autopsy. "When all necessary reports were made, I returned to the city hall where 1 made the offense report on Lee Harvey Oswald. " • • 321
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