who shot j lennon?
Mark David Chapman
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 John Lennon was an English musician who gained worldwide fame as one of the members of the Beatles , for his subsequent solo career , and for his political activism and pacifism . On 8 December 1980 , Lennon was shot by Mark David Chapman in the archway of the Dakota , his residence in New York City . Lennon had just returned from Record Plant Studio with his wife , Yoko Ono . 

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 At around 10 : 50 p.m. ( EST ) on 8 December 1980 , as Lennon and Ono returned to their New York apartment in the Dakota , Mark David Chapman shot Lennon in the back four times at the entrance to the building . Lennon was taken to the emergency room of nearby Roosevelt Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival at 11 : 00 p.m. ( EST ) . Earlier that evening , Lennon had autographed a copy of Double Fantasy for Chapman . 

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 The film received substantial accolades from critics who praised the depiction of the mental state of Mark David Chapman , in the days leading up the murder of John Lennon in December 1980 . 

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 Lennon , bleeding profusely from external wounds and also from his mouth , staggered up five steps to the security / reception area , saying , " I 'm shot , I 'm shot " . He then fell to the floor , scattering cassettes that he had been carrying . The concierge , Jay Hastings , first started to make a tourniquet , but upon ripping open Lennon 's blood @-@ stained shirt and realizing the severity of his multiple injuries , he covered Lennon 's chest with his uniform jacket , removed his blood @-@ covered glasses , and summoned the police . 
