Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 - November 24, 1963) was identified as the assassin of US President John F. Kennedy, and as the murderer of Dallas Texas policeman J. D. Tippit on November 22, 1963, by the Warren Commission and three other formal federal investigations into the assassination.
Oswald claimed he was a "patsy" and denied shooting the president or officer Tippit. Two days after his arrest, Lee Oswald was shot to death by Jack Ruby on live television.
Investigations, scientific testing, and re-creations of the circumstances of Kennedy's death have not settled the question of who plotted to kill the President.
