FILE - Flowers and a homemade tribute left by fans of the legendary musician adorn a memorial to John Lennon at Strawberry Fields in Central Park, one day before the 35th anniversary of his death, Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
FILE - This photo provided by the New York State Department of Corrections shows Mark David Chapman, the man who shot and killed John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment building in 1980, Jan. 31, 2018. (New York State Department of Corrections via AP, File)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) 鈥 The man who killed John Lennon outside the former Beatle鈥檚 Manhattan apartment building in 1980 has been denied parole for a 14th time, according to New York prison officials.
FILE - Flowers and a homemade tribute left by fans of the legendary musician adorn a memorial to John Lennon at Strawberry Fields in Central Park, one day before the 35th anniversary of his death, Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) 鈥 The man who killed John Lennon outside the former Beatle鈥檚 Manhattan apartment building in 1980 has been denied parole for a 14th time, according to New York prison officials.
Mark David Chapman, 70, appeared before a parole board on Aug 27, and the decision by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
Chapman fatally shot Lennon on the night of Dec. 8, 1980, as the musician and his wife, Yoko Ono, were returning to their Upper West Side apartment. Lennon had signed an autograph for Chapman on a copy of his recently released album, 鈥淒ouble Fantasy,鈥 earlier that day.
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Chapman was arrested within minutes, sitting near the shooting scene with a copy of J.D. Salinger鈥檚 novel, 鈥淭he Catcher in the Rye.鈥
Lennon was 40 years old.
The transcript for the latest parole board hearing was not immediately available. But Chapman previously for the crime.
鈥淚 knew what I was doing, and I knew it was evil, I knew it was wrong, but I wanted the fame so much that I was willing to give everything and take a human life,鈥 three years ago.
Chapman is serving a 20-years-to-life sentence at Green Haven Correctional Facility, north of New York City, according to online state corrections records.
