dakota, an apartment building on the upper west side of manhattan where he resided. he was returning home december 8th, 1980, when mark david chapman shot him at close range with a . .38 caliber revolver. he was rushed to a nearby hospital in a police car but died en route. he was dead on arrival. chapman was a 25-year-old former security guard from honolulu who had no prior criminal convictions. earlier in the day, chapman had received lennon s autograph just before he left to attend a recording session with his wife, yoko ono. ed luce, you know, as a massive beatles fan my entire life, this day is a black mark on the calendar. i was thinking about it this morning, though, and thinking it s been 41 years since his death. yet, in, my god, 50 years since
that car? uh-huh. it was right in the center console, a smith and wesson. 38 caliber revolver. and so she reaches down and gets it and hands it back to him. in a plastic bag? uh-huh. in minutes they were out of the sketchy area and moving up piedmont ave to the cushier parts of midtown. everything was normal. unremarkable. we were talking about politics and the debates. what is tex doing? he wasn t really talking. i kind of i thought that he had gone back to sleep. they were at piedmont and 14th street. we were just sitting there, still waiting for the light to turn. and i hear a big explosion. within seconds diane turned around toward the back and said, tex, what did you do? he say anything? he said the gun discharged. then she started moving. she started moving forward. and she kind of turned around. and she was moving funny. and she said, tex, you shot me.
calls at work. he said jamere stroud would call up here all the time. and want to speak to her. this is going back months now. months. months. months. and on one particular occasion, she says, you know, i m kind of in fear of my life. i m scared. i don t know what he might do to me. he s shown up at my house and he has a gun with him at all times. shannon s co-worker was concerned and wanted to help. it gets to the point that he offered to sell her a gun, which he did. he named the exact model. and tells me that he gave her bullets to accompany the gun and offered to teach her how to use it. what kind of gun? it was a.38 caliber revolver. the same type of gun detectives thought denita s killer might have used. you know, wait a minute. i just finished an interview with her five minutes ago and she told me i never owned a gun. and in that same interview, i
caliber revolver. and so she reaches down and gets it and hands it back to him. in a plastic bag? uh-huh. in minutes they were out of the sketchy area and moving up piedmont off to the cushier parts of midtown. everything was normal. unremarkable. we were talking about politics and the debates. what is tex doing? he wasn t really talking. i kind of i thought that he had gone back to sleep. they were at piedmont and 14th street. we were just sitting there, still waiting for the light to turn. and i hear a big explosion. within seconds diane turned around toward the back and said, tex, what did you do? he say anything? he said the gun discharged. then she started moving. she started moving forward. and she kind of turned around. and she was moving funny. and she said, tex, you shot me.
center. he said shannon had been getting a lot of disturbing personal phone calls at work. he said jamere stroud would call up here all the time. and want to speak to her. this is going back months now. months. months. months. and on one particular occasion, she says, you know, i m kind of in fear of my life. i m scared. i don t know what he might do to me. he s shown up at my house and he has a gun with him at all times. shannon s co-worker was concerned and wanted to help. it gets to the point that he offered to sell her a gun, which he did. he named the exact model. and tells me that he gave her bullets to accompany the gun and offered to teach her how to use it. what kind of gun? it was a .38 caliber revolver. the same type of gun detectives thought denita s killer might have used. you know, wait a minute. i just finished an interview with her five minutes ago and she told me i never owned a gun.