If Chapman fired five times, assuming he made all 5 shots count (i.e., strike his target, tragically), then unless there was another shooter, then either Mark can't count, or there was a magic bullet ricochet reentry wound---TWICE.
5 + 1 ricochet + 1 ricochet = 7
And where was Yoko standing?
Was Mark a good marksman?
She is fortunate to have not been hit.
SOme have complained that Mark was standing behind and to the right of Lennon, and that has to be inconsistant with bullet holes on the left side of Lennon's body. I say, no, no it doesn't, because if Yoko had been to his left, then the thing a man would tend to do is turn to face the person calling, turning by way of his mate, and then around. I.e., he swung his whole body around to the left, making his left side vulnerable to the shots.
That is the way I think a married man would turn, even if the voice calling were slightly more in the right ear. This is because, when people are together, and someone calls out in suyrprise in the night, you will tend to reference your companion and make brief eye contact with them as you are on the way to turn to see who it is. As if to say, "Did you hear that too, and, are we safe?"
THat is what I notice. If you are not close or friendly with the person you are walking with, you might not do that. But we know how John felt about Yoko. A man does not stay with a woman thru problems etc. for 14 years if he does not have an intimate mental attachment to her. And a strange voice at 11PM is intrusive, especially for a star, an icon. At night, entering your home, and you are already paranoid from situations, a man like Lennon would be wary somewhat as he turned to face the unknown person calling him.
If Yoko had been close to John, there would have been much blood and tissue on her, Jose Perdomo, etc from blowback from that much violence and trauma done at close range by those kind of bullets.
I would think blood and material could have reached Chapman (forgive this graphicness) as well.
It would seem that Yoko must have been a few steps away, maybe ahead, maybe inside. Why?
How could Mark stand there for an extended period and talk cooly to Jose Perdomo, and not give Perdomo a wary feeling?
This are things that are hard to measure, or make judgements about.
I mean, if he were the insane, murderous mongrel, Chapman, it seems that , for instance, the killer from "In Cold Blood" or other such cold blooded monsters, just kill everybody.
He didn't strike Yoko. ( Well, I am certainly glad that he didn't shoot anyone else, of course.) But, how lucky Yoko is!
In other such sicko American crimes, the murderer on the crazy spree often shoots 'em all, killing whoever is around. I mean, the crazed killer, it seems like from other examples, would have shot them both, and run, and if they saw Perdomo, shot at him too!
Then run like hell in some pre-concieved escape path, a waiting car, an alley, or just down the friggin' street.
But, no, he just stood there.
His target was John. His target was NOT Yoko.
Bur crazed murderers. aren't into logic or method. THey are wild. THey are like animals. Kill kill kill. They have some anger, some evil, some emotion that drives them, and then they want to protect themselves, like the murderer in "In Cold Blood." They want to escape, and cover their tracks. If they have to kill everybody around to cover themselves, they do. The crazed killer in "In Cold Blood" killed everybody in that house.
But an assassin targets one person.
Like JFK. Nobody shot at Jackie. Nobody shot the driver.
Senator whathisface got shot in the front seat--but that could have been unintentional. I mean, they didn't get him very good! The target was JFK.
Killers, from the news stories I hear, are sloppy, and happy to nail anybody in the picture.
Assassins are specific and selective.
Strong emotions and tight selectivity aren't two things that I imagine go together.
I could be wrong; I am no criminologist.
Yoko is fortunate.