JFK - Zapruder Film Stablized, page 3

Westy, what is your take on Oswald's reaction to the news of Kennedy's death? Why did he not act like the world's most successful assassin, which he was? This is the major sticking point for me. When the press asks him, "Are you aware you are being charged in the death of President Kennedy?" literally the guy's face just drops. You can see it in his face. He is shocked to hear it, which suggests he commited the murder under hypnotic suggestion IMO.

Well, there is a little know fact that is mostly forgotten due to the importance and active debate surrounding JFK’s assassination. However in my opinion its just as important. Its the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit of the Dallas Police Department by Lee Harvey Oswald.

At about 12:40 pm (CST), Oswald boarded a city bus by pounding on the door in the middle of a block, but when heavy traffic had slowed the bus to a halt he requested a bus transfer from the driver. He took a taxicab a few blocks beyond his rooming house at 1026 N. Beckley Ave. then walked back there to retrieve his revolver and beige jacket at about 1:00 pm and moments later left the house. He lingered briefly at a bus stop across the street from his rooming house, then began walking. His ultimate destination is unknown but by the time he was stopped he had walked almost a mile (1.6 km) and was only four blocks away from a 1:40 pm city bus which could have connected him with a Greyhound bus headed south for Mexico.

Officer J. D. Tippit had very likely heard the general description of the alleged shooter (based on the statement of witness Howard Brennan who had seen Oswald in the window of the Depository from across the street) which was broadcast over the police radio at 12:45 pm. Thirty minutes later Tippit encountered Oswald near the corner of Patton Avenue and 10th Street and pulled up to talk to him through his patrol car window. Tippit then got out of his car and Oswald fired at the police officer with his .38 calibre revolver. Four of the shots hit Tippit, killing him instantly in view of several witnesses. [28] Oswald reloaded his revolver as he walked away, throwing the empty shell casings into some bushes. At least a dozen people either witnessed the shooting or identified Oswald as fleeing the scene. A cab driver hiding behind his taxi heard Oswald mutter "poor dumb cop" or "poor damn cop" as he walked by. Oswald then broke into a run, still holding the pistol in his hand. Moments later, Oswald dropped his jacket in a parking lot. Officer Tippit's service revolver was found under his body, out of its holster.

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Now why would Oswald feel the need to kill this officer if he had been hypnotized when he shot JFK? Oswald killing Officer Tippit is proof to me that Oswald was a killer and that he was trying to flee the scene. I believe his responses to the questions were calculated because he had been thinking about a legal defense which is evident by his repeated requests for a legal defender.