Mr. Belin. Ever work with him at all?
Mr. Walker. I believe I have. I can't recall. I worked at the same substation he did before I transferred downtown, and I knew him quite well. I talked to him. He worked at Austin, and I have talked to him there.
Mr. Belin. Well, let's leave Officer Tippit for the moment and return to the fire station. You were there and you say you called in around shortly after you heard the news?
Mr. Walker. Yes. I went directly there. I was about a block away or might have been in the block I don't recall exactly.
Mr. Belin. You mean a block away from the fire station?
Mr. Walker. Yes.
Mr. Belin. Then what did you do when you called in?
Mr. Walker. I didn't call in. I just went in there and looked. They have a television there, and they broadcast that the President had been shot.
I had my radio up so I could hear from the door, and I went back out to my car. They were sending squads downtown, Code 3.
And I don't recall, I don't believe they actually sent me. I just went on my own because they normally don't send us in this type of call.