'Second shooter' behind John Lennon 殺人: New 証拠 明らかにする/漏らすs 弾丸s from two different guns were pulled from Beatles legend's 団体/死体 in 検視

Two different guns may have been used in the John Lennon 狙撃, によれば a British writer 調査/捜査するing the 事例/患者.

Author and TV 生産者 David Whelan has 明らかにするd 公式の/役人 記録,記録的な/記録するs showing for the first time that two different types of 弾丸s were 除去するd from the music legend's 団体/死体 に引き続いて his 致命的な 狙撃 on December 8, 1980.

Mr Whelan believes a 'second shooter' could have been 伴う/関わるd in the 殺人 of Lennon and has now 暴露するd 劇の new 証拠 supporting his 事例/患者.

MailOnline 報告(する)/憶測d in April how Mr Whelan already discovered a trove of fascinating 文書s relating to the 殺人,大当り which took place as Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono returned to their home in the Dakota Building overlooking New York's Central Park.

Mr Whelan's three-year 調査 into the 殺人 has 最高潮の場面d a 一連の 驚くべき/特命の/臨時の inconsistencies - 含むing the suggestion that 探偵,刑事s may have fundamentally misunderstood how the 狙撃 happened.

Two different guns may have been used in the John Lennon (pictured with Yoko Ono in 1968) shooting, according to a British writer investigating the case

Two different guns may have been used in the John Lennon (pictured with Yoko Ono in 1968) 狙撃, によれば a British writer 調査/捜査するing the 事例/患者

One is marked on a receipt from the New York morgue (pictured), where Lennon's body was stored, as an '1 x 38 cal.SWC', which stands for 'Semi-wadcutter' or hollow-point bullet, designed to spread out on impact with a target

One is 示すd on a 領収書 from the New York morgue (pictured), whe re Lennon's 団体/死体 was 蓄える/店d, as an '1 x 38 cal.SWC', which stands for '半分-wadcutter' or hollow-point 弾丸, designed to spread out on 衝撃 with a 的

Mark David Chapman pictured after his arrest for the murder of John Lennon in 1980
Mark David Chapman pictured in 2022 ahead of one of his many parole hearings

示す David Chapman 発射 a nd killed John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment building on December 8, 1980

The .38 calibre handgun used by Chapman to kill John Lennon on December 8 1980

The .38 calibre handgun used by Chapman to kill John Lennon on December 8 1980

MailOnline has 排他的に 明らかにする/漏らすd some of Whelan's dossier, 含むing 罪人/有罪を宣告するd 銃器携帯者/殺しや 示す Chapman's '攻撃する,衝突する 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)' - published for the first time - which 同様に as the former Beatle also featured Marlon Brando and former First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis.

Now Whelan's 研究 has focussed on the 弾丸s 回復するd from the scene.

Oddly, only two 'slugs' were ever entered into 証拠, によれば the 文書s, にもかかわらず the fact that Chapman was said to have 解雇する/砲火/射撃d all the 一連の会議、交渉/完成するs in his five-議会 '.38 special' revolver, four of them hitting Lennon.

The どの辺に of the 行方不明の three 弾丸s is unknown.

But the two 弾丸s which were 除去するd from Lennon's 団体/死体 during the 検視 raise their own intriguing questions, says Mr Whelan, because they are 示すd as 存在 of different types.

One is 示すd on a 領収書 from the New York morgue, where Lennon's 団体/死体 was 蓄える/店d, as an '1 x 38 cal.SWC', which stands for '半分-wadcutter' or hollow-point 弾丸, designed to spread out on 衝撃 with a 的.

The other is 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d as 簡単に '1 x 38cal lead 弾丸'.

Mr Whelan told MailOnline: 'Though ありそうもない, it is possible to have different types of 弾薬/武器 in a 選び出す/独身 revolver.

'But Chapman always 主張するd he was using hollow point wadcutter 弾丸s and he was familiar with guns and 弾薬/武器 from his 安全 guard days.'

He 追加するd: 'Different 弾丸 types 設立する in John Lennon's 団体/死体 is 爆発性の (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状).

'Perhaps this is one of the 推論する/理由s why Lennon's 検視 has not been 漏れるd to the world by the 当局, and the wishes of Lennon's family to keep John's 検視 私的な have been 尊敬(する)・点d.'

Mr Whelan believes that the different 弾丸 types 支える his theory that a second shooter was 伴う/関わるd in the 殺人,大当り.

As we 明らかにする/漏らすd in April, Mr Whelan, 56, has spoken to 重要な 人物/姿/数字s 伴う/関わるd in the 影響 of the 狙撃. These 含む the 外科医 who 扱う/治療するd Lennon and two nurses who 補助装置d - 同様に as 暴露するing other 証言,証人/目撃する 証言s which don't appear to correspond with the 公式の/役人 narrative.

The 起訴's 見解/翻訳/版 of events, 受託するd by the 法廷,裁判所s, was that 乱すd loner Chapman lay in wait for Lennon and 発射 five times, four of the 弾丸s hitting his 犠牲者 in the 支援する. But this now appears to be riddled with contradictions.

Instead, Whelan's 証言,証人/目撃するs 示唆する that the way the 狙撃 was 公式に 記録,記録的な/記録するd may have been 完全に wrong - with the 致命的な 発射s 解雇する/砲火/射撃d into Lennon's chest rather than 支援する.

Only two 'slugs' were ever entered into evidence, despite the fact that Chapman was said to have fired all the rounds in his five-chamber '.38 special' revolver, four of them hitting Lennon

Only two 'slugs' were ever entered into 証拠, にもかかわらず the fact that Chapman was said to have 解雇する/砲火/射撃d all the 一連の会議、交渉/完成するs in his five-議会 '.38 special' revolver, four of them hitting Lennon

NYPD evidence report bullets at the scene of John Lennon's murder on December 12 1980

NYPD 証拠 報告(する)/憶測 弾丸s at the scene of John Lennon's 殺人 on December 12 1980

Police at the scene outside the Dakota Building after John Lennon was shot on December 8, 1980

Police at the scene outside the Dakota Building after John Lennon was 発射 on December 8, 1980

Three bullets passed through Lennon, leaving holes in the glass panels of a vestibule door attached to the security entrance of the Dakota Building in New York where he lived

Three 弾丸s passed through Lennon, leaving 穴を開けるs in the glass パネル盤s of a vestibule door 大(公)使館員d to the 安全 入り口 of the Dakota Building in New York where he lived

He 追加するd: 'If 示す Chapman was 狙撃 hollow 弾丸s at John Lennon and only one 攻撃する,衝突する him, with four 行方不明の, this could account for the one which was 設立する in Lennon. It could also account for three 弾丸s 穴を開けるs low 負かす/撃墜する in the glass vestibule doors which were at a 高さ that didn't match Lennon's upper left chest 負傷させるs.

'As for the other normal lead 弾丸 that was 設立する in Lennon, could this have come from the 武器 of a second shooter inside the vestibule area, and be the 選び出す/独身 弾丸 that a doctor and two nurses all said was left in Lennon's 団体/死体?'

He 追加するd: 'The シナリオ would be that Chapman 解雇する/砲火/射撃d at Lennon when he was walking into the vestibule doors. Four 行方不明になるd, with three hitting the glass doors. One hollow 弾丸 struck Lennon.

'Lennon, staggered onwards into the vestibule, but a second shooter 隠すd inside the building finished the 職業 a nd 発射 Lennon with four 弾丸s in his upper left chest area in a 'tight professional 配合' (as the 医療の staff all (人命などを)奪う,主張するd), with one 弾丸 staying in Lennon and three 出口ing his 支援する.

'In my opinion, this シナリオ is the only 信頼できる explanation for two different 弾丸 types 存在 設立する in John Lennon's 団体/死体 and the three lowly-positioned 弾丸 穴を開けるs in the glass doors.'

He 追加するd: 'A new 独立した・無所属 調査 into John Lennon's 暗殺 surely must now be 行為/行うd to (疑いを)晴らす up these 乱すing anomalies. We 借りがある John Lennon and his family the truth about his awful 殺人. A 殺人 which is ますます beginning to look like a cleverly conspired 暗殺.'

弾道学のs 専門家 Andrew Kerr said he could not be 100 per cent 確かな the two 弾丸s were of different types from a photo, but 追加するd: 'I think you can believe what has been 記録,記録的な/記録するd on the 証拠 tags on that.'

Mr Kerr, managing director of Birmingham-based 弾道学の armour design and 製造業の company Englands Safety, 追加するd: 'You can't tell from the picture alone that the two 弾丸s have come from the same バーレル/樽, but you'd have 推定する/予想するd the police to have carried that out as a basic 調査.

'I don't think you can read much into the swapping between hollow-points and ordinary 弾丸s, because most 犯罪のs are disorganised - they take what they can get.'

Mr Whelan 以前 明らかにする/漏らすd first-手渡す 証言,証人/目撃する 声明s by a 医療の team who tried to save Lennon: 外科医, Dr David Halleran, and two nurses, Barbara Kammerer and Dea Sato, all of whom 明言する/公表するd unequivocally that Lennon was 発射 four times in his upper chest area from the 前線, with three of the 弾丸s 出口ing from his left 支援する. One 一連の会議、交渉/完成する remained in his left chest or lower shoulder area.

John Lennon pictured with his wife Yoko Ono and their son Sean Lennon

John Lennon pictured with his wife Yoko Ono and their son Sean Lennon

Green Haven Correctional Facility - where Mark David Chapman is incarcerated for killing John Lennon

Green 港/避難所 Correctional 施設 - where 示す David Chapman is incarcerated for 殺人,大当り John Lennon

目撃者s do agree on where Chapman was standing: just at the 入り口 to the Dakota's portico, with his 支援する to Chapman.

Said Mr Whelan: 'As in the 事例/患者 of John F Kennedy, you 簡単に cannot get 発射 in the 前線 from the 支援する.'

He continued: 'The hollow-point 弾丸s Chapman 恐らく used do not usually pass through a 犠牲者, as they are designed to spread out on 衝撃, 原因(となる)ing 最大限 損失 to the 団体/死体.'

Yet three 弾丸s did pass through Lennon, leaving 穴を開けるs in the glass パネル盤s of a vestibule door 大(公)使館員d to the 安全 入り口 of the building. Whelan (人命などを)奪う,主張するd that the slugs' 示すs in the door were too low to have come from 発射s to Lennon's shoulder.

Other 証拠 gleaned by Whelan about those who may have 影響(力)d Chapman has led him to question whether the young man might even have been 'groomed' for the 暗殺 through 巧みな操作 or even hypnosis by powerful 支援者s with links to 右翼 Southern Baptist groups, the US 軍の or the 中央情報局.

MailOnline 接触するd the NYPD.

The '攻撃する,衝突する 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)' of John Lennon 殺し屋 示す Chapman

Mark Chapman's 'hit list' included John Lennon and CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite

示す Chapman's '攻撃する,衝突する 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)' 含むd John Lennon and CBS news 錨,総合司会者 Walter Cronkite

This is the 悪名高い '攻撃する,衝突する 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)' 収集するd by 示す Chapman, the 暗殺者 who 認める 殺人,大当り music legend John Lennon, seen here for the first time.

The 指名するs 選び出す/独身d out as Chapman's ーするつもりであるd 犠牲者s with Lennon's 指名する at the 最高の,を越す, are followed by 退役軍人 CBS news 錨,総合司会者 Walter Cronkite, TV 雑談(する) show host Johnny Carson, actor George C. Scott, former First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis and finally Marlon Brando.

Though it has never before been seen, news of the 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) 漏れるd out すぐに after Lennon's 殺人, along with a spurious rumour that David Bowie also featured on it, which led the singer to beef up his own 安全.

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