murder of John Lennon

Key facts

Date

8 December 1980 ; 45 years ago ( 1980-12-08 ) , 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

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Wikidata facts

Image

The Dakota Jul 1988.jpg

Number of deaths

1

Number of injured

5