two men on intense personal journeys that converged in a single shocking act. i took five steps and fired. five shots. i literally held john lennon s heart in my hand. it was an unthinkable crime that left millions in mourning. the murder of john lennon next. it s a chilly night at around 10:45 p.m. police respond to a report of a shooting at the dakota. an exclusive apartment building on manhattan s upper west side. when we drove up to the dakota, there s a man standing in the middle of the street, pointing to the archway saying that s the man doing the shooting. we got out of the car, we approached the archway on each side of it. looked in and saw a man with his hands up. five shots had been fired. all but one found their target. so i grab the guy around the neck. the doorman, jose, said he s the one. he s the only one. he shot john lennon. i was totally shocked. i threw him up against the wall. i said you did what? former beatle john lennon has been shot
That time did. but in 1971, chapman becomes a born again christian, he quits drugs and rejects rock n roll, the beatles and john lennon in particular. well, i became a christian when i was 16. and that lasted about a year of genuine walking with him, through my life, off and on, i have struggled with different hinges, as we all do. and at those times, i would turn to the lord. chapman s new found faith comes into conflict with his feelings about his former idol. according to friends, chapman was notably bothered by lennon s song god in which he states i don t believe in jesus. and his hit imagine with lyrics, imagine there s no countries and no religion, too. chapman wrote his own words imagine john lennon dead. the defendant claimed that
The beatles and john lennon in particular. well, i became a christian when i was 16. and that lasted about a year of genuine walking with him, through my life, off and on, i have struggled with different things, as we all do. and at those times, i would turn to the lord. chapman s new found faith comes into conflict with his feelings about his former idol. according to friends, chapman was notably bothered by lennon s song god in which he states i don t believe in jesus. and his hit imagine with lyrics, imagine there s no countries and no religion, too. chapman wrote his own words with the altered lyric, imagine john lennon dead. the defendant claimed that he was offended by the statement that john lennon had made that the beatles had become more popular than jesus christ.
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