Jim Leavelle, detective in historic photo of Lee Harvey Oswald's shooting, dies at 99
A fraction of a second stands out from all the other notable experiences in James Robert Leavelle's long, notable life.
He was among the first sailors at Pearl Harbor to see Japanese Zeros attacking the U.S. fleet. He was a Dallas detective who solved all but two of the multitude of cases he handled. (He was pretty sure what happened in the two unsolved ones.)
But on Nov. 24, 1963, he was the cowboy-hatted man in the light-colored suit handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald as Jack Ruby fired his fatal shot on live TV. That moment became one of the most recognizable images of the 20th century.
Leavelle died Thursday, his daughter Karla Leavelle confirmed. He was 99.
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RIP. 
RIP James. 
I could ever count, it's the image that sticks in my mind of that event ... R-I-P Detective Leavelle