Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which book was Mark Chapman carrying when he assassinated John Lennon?"
Mark David Chapman shot John Lennon outside The Dakota apartment building in New York City on this day in 1980. Chapman fired five times at Lennon, hitting him four times in the back and later sat down on a nearby curb reading J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye until he was arrested by the police. He has repeatedly said that the novel was his statement. After being taken into custody, Chapman told officers, “I’m sure the large part of me is Holden Caulfield, who is the main person in the book. The small part of me must be the Devil.”
