dakota, there was a man standing in the middle of the street pointing into the archway saying, that's the man doing the shooting. we get 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 have been fired. all but one found their target. >> so i grabbed 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. and i said, "you did what?" >> former beatle john lennon has been shot with four hollow-point .38-caliber bullets at close range. police officers rush lennon to nearby roosevelt hospital, but it's too late. shortly after 11:00 p.m., the emergency room doctor pronounces john lennon dead.