Down Elm under the railroad tracks to Stemmons, under Stemmons to the
right, headed north parallel to Stemmons on that entranceway, under
that T & P Railroad, and onto Stemmons Expressway, and just north of
the T & P Railroad.
Mr. BELIN. Now is that where you stopped your motorcycle?
Mr. BREWER. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. I am going to put an arrow pointing to the spot that you
stopped, is that correct?
Mr. BREWER. Yes, that is the spot right there.
Mr. BELIN. You have it marked kind of with an "X"?
Mr. BREWER. To the best of my knowledge, that is right where we was at.
Mr. BELIN. Was another officer there at the time when you got there?
Mr. BREWER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. What were they doing?
Mr. BREWER. We all proceeded to stop the traffic northbound on Stemmons.
Mr. BELIN. Why were you going to do that?
Mr. BREWER. So that the motorcade which was headed in that direction at
that time could get onto Stemmons and wouldn't be interfered with by
the rest of the traffic.
Mr. BELIN. All right, where were you when you first learned of the
shooting or that something was wrong?
Mr. BREWER. At that location.
Mr. BELIN. How did you learn about it?
Mr. BREWER. I believe it was on the radio, we heard it.
Mr. BELIN. What did you do?
Mr. BREWER. On the police radio. Well, when it was determined
that--right after we heard that on the radio, something about it on
the radio, we heard that they were enroute to Parkland Hospital,
and immediately after that they came by us and came onto Stemmons
Expressway and went by us in the direction of Parkland Hospital, the
motorcade, part of it.
Mr. BELIN. Then what did you do?
Mr. BREWER. We heard that the shots had came from the Texas School
Book Depository Building, and at that time I got on my motorcycle and
proceeded back up to the Texas School Book Depository Building.
Mr. BELIN. Then what did you do?
Mr. BREWER. I went in the building.
Mr. BELIN. You went inside the building?
Mr. BREWER. Yes, sir; there was officers all around the building at the
time I got there.
Mr. BELIN. What did you do when you got in the building?
Mr. BREWER. Well, with some other officers, we was part of the officers
that was searching the building floor by floor.
Mr. BELIN. Now what was your call number that day?
Mr. BREWER. 137.
Mr. BELIN. Handing you what has been marked Sawyer Deposition Exhibit
A, which appears to be a transcript of a police log of the Dallas
Police Department, you see this exhibit here?
Mr. BREWER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Your call number that day was?
Mr. BREWER. 137.
Mr. BELIN. I notice here that the first time there appears Call No.
137, after 12:30 is at 12:38 p.m.
There is a call from 137 to 531. You want to read what it says there?
Mr. BREWER. "A witness says he saw 'em pull the weapon from the
window off the second floor on the southeast corner of the Depository
Building."
Mr. BELIN. Would that have been the second floor or the second floor
from the top?
Mr. BREWER. I don't know.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember any witness talking to you at all?
Mr. BREWER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember what he said?
Mr. BREWER. He said that he had saw him pull a weapon from the window
from that building.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember what window he said?
Mr. BREWER. I don't remember specifically which window he indicated,
but I immediately told that to the dispatcher and proceeded on up to
the building.
Mr. BELIN. I see the conversation continues on the next page. The
dispatcher No. 531, to 137, "Do you have the building covered off?"
And then you reply: