[Report by Marvin Johnson on Officer's Duties #3] Page: 1 of 6

                                
& nm. m officer's poties in pfgafbs to if phssifbht* fibber
MPTIK JOHN^OH - #879
Friday, Mownber 2?, l?6j at approximately 12m my partner, L-. B.
Fontgoraery, and myself stopped at Pales Cafe at i&mm and "c^inney to eat lunch.
T vent in m<* eat dcvn at a table . My partner went to the rvone to let our
office Vnow where we vare. Approximately three minute?* later >e came hack and
said that I*t. •■el.ls had told hiss the ^resident had been shot and for m to earn
bacV to the office. :e left the cafe 1 mediately and returned to the office.
As toon as we arrived at the office, 14,♦ * ell s told us to go to £1  and Houston,
the location of the shooting. V« left the office and drove to Elm and f-oueton,
arriving there at eh out 1?K0 m. *e went lmntdlately to the 6 th floor of the
Texas p'o-v <e ository A,iild:ln? and rerorted to Car-tain • ill rite. Captain
Fritz designated «y partner and  e to take charge of the scene where the assassin
had done the shooting, to aaeiet fc; e crime lab ant gather whatever evidence was
available.
The window that the shot was fired fro- was open and we could hear the police
radio fror below. At approximately lt20 1 hoard a call cor,« out report!tap a
r-hootinp at 10th and T%atton tr' eta involving   police officer. * e were not
relieved of our a sirnmont and did not answer this call. l-'e remained where we
were and continued to help &t, fay and Pet. ''itodebaker of the crime lab.
during the eoursc of our search we found a brown paper bap which had been
naed for a Itroeh *aoV$ a ' r. "epper bottle and a Ion?? sack wade fror heavy wrapping
paper. vr© aoaoected the long bag had been used to conceal the rifle that had
been need in the -shooting.
.At annrosfipately ?*30 rm we left the ^oo1" repository and transported the shove
mentioned Iteass to the crime lab located at city hall. v* then returned to our
office, arriving at the office at a?proximately 3*00 rm.