Chapman Shot Lennon's The Catcher In The Rye

Chapman shot lennon outside The Dakota apartment building in New York City. Chapman fired at Lennon five times, hitting him four times in the back. He stayed at the crime scene waiting for the police to show up while reading the catcher in the rye, when the police showed up he said to the police that the book was his statement and he got arrested and put in prison in 1981. Chapman left his room at the Sheraton Hotel, leaving personal items behind which the police would later find, and bought a copy of The Catcher in the Rye in which he wrote "This is my statement", signing it ‘holden caulfield’. He then spent most of the day near the entrance to The Dakota apartment building where Lennon and Yoko Ono lived, talking to fans and the doorman.