Murder of John Lennon
On the night of 8 December 1980, English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, was shot and fatally wounded in the archway of The Dakota, his residence in... Wikipedia
- Location: The Dakota, New York City, U.S.
- Date: December 08, 1980, c. 10:50 p.m. (UTC−05:00)
- Target: John Lennon
- Attack type: Murder by shooting, assassination
- Weapon: Charter Arms Undercover.38 Special revolver
- Deaths: John Lennon
- Perpetrator: Mark David Chapman
- Motive: Personal resentment against Lennon and a desire to emulate Holden Caulfield
- Data source: DuckDuckGo