From which building in Dallas, Texas, did Lee Harvey Oswald shoot the bullets that killed President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963?

On that fateful day in Dallas, the presidential motorcade passed directly in front of a seven-story brick warehouse overlooking Dealey Plaza. An employee there, Lee Harvey Oswald, had a clear vantage point from a sixth-floor window. From this perch, which became known as the "sniper's nest," he fired the shots that assassinated President Kennedy. The building was the Texas School Book Depository, where Oswald had been working for just over a month.

The evidence found on-site was crucial for investigators. In the southeast corner of the sixth floor, they discovered three spent rifle cartridges. A Mannlicher-Carcano rifle was later found hidden among stacks of book cartons. Investigators determined that boxes had been deliberately arranged to conceal the gunman and provide a steady rest for the weapon, solidifying the building's role as the primary location of the shooting in the official Warren Commission report.

For many years after the assassination, the building's future was uncertain, but it was ultimately preserved as a historical landmark. Today, the former warehouse serves as a Dallas County administration building. The sixth and seventh floors have been transformed into a permanent historical exhibit, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, which chronicles the life, death, and legacy of President Kennedy.