Where Were You When John Is Kill

In “Where were you when John was killed?” We are asked where we were at the time that John, the music legend, was killed in an archway in New York City. We don’t know the answer in this instance, but we can speculate about what might have happened to us. It’s not like it was us there, right? But we were there when the iconic band played, and the answer may surprise you.

On December 8, 1980, a man named Mark David Chapman walked into the Dakota building and shot John Lennon four times, killing the singer and a fellow member of the Beatles. The man had previously received the famed musician’s autograph and voluntarily remained at the scene until he was arrested. Hundreds of fans gathered outside the Dakota building to pay tribute to the singer, while demonstrations of mourning were held all over the world.