Shortly after the assassination, Lee H. Oswald, who once defected to the Soviet Union and who has been active in the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, was arrested by the Dallas police.

• 事件发生后不久，李 - H - 奥斯瓦德即被达拉斯警察逮捕。 奥斯瓦德曾叛逃苏联，是“公平对待古巴委员会”运动的活跃分子。