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Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955) is an American prison inmate who murdered former Beatles member John Lennon on December 8, 1980. He committed the crime as Lennon and Yoko Ono were outside of The Dakota apartment building in New York City. Chapman aimed five shots at Lennon, hitting him four times in his back. He remained at the scene until the police arrested him, and pleaded guilty to the crime. He was sentenced to a prison term of twenty years to life, and is currently imprisoned at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, having been denied parole six times.