there was a recording studio here known as the record plant. john and yoko spent the evening working on her song walking on thin ice before returning to the dakota shortly before 11:00 p.m. >> at the dakota the killer waited in the shadows as john and yoko exited their limousine. >> dead silence. dead cold quiet. and he looked at me and i looked at him and he walked past me and then i heard saying do t do it do it over and over again and i pulled the trigger steady five times. >> four hollow point bullets hit lennon in the back and shoulder. john still managed to climb up the steps to the dakota security office where he mumbled i'm shot before