Crime Frontline from PBS: The Man Who Shot John Lennon A Frontline episode about why Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon in front of Lennon’s New York City apartment building on Dec. 8, 1980. Share This Previous ArticleUncle Tupelo Interviewed on 'Critical Mass TV' Next Article'Flyin' Cut Sleeves': Bronx Street Gangs from 1960s March 30, 2014