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Loach s i - ; \. OY? ; OrnONAL POnm 8D. 10 sve 108 i tet ou am. Neg. sep. 2? : V4e. mA ~ - UNITED STATES cot. -3NMENT iy i / 1 = Belmont 2 cet Memorandum 1 = Mehr | y 1 - DeLoach To: Mr. W. C. Sullivagy pate: February 22, 196 1 = Sullivan FROM : Mr, F. J. Baumgardner ¥° ; . Benger oper Helen SUBJECT : MALCOLM K. LITTLE, also known as iy. Malcolm X 3 ! Paes = i = ~— Ly INTERNAL SECURITY - MMI i Malcolm K. Little, leader of the Muslim Ais Incorporated (MMI), and the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU), was shot and killed on the afternoon of February 21, 1965, at approximately 3:10) p.m. while speaking at a meeting of the OAAU being held in the Audubon Ballroo: ur EsReyy a 166th Street and Broadway, New York Cit rk Office was immediately advised of the incident ho was present at th meeting. at the back o that his pocket had been “picked, standing near the front of the hall in abou d or fourth row, apparently firing some sort of weapons, He also recalls seeing two other men standing at the time, one several feet behind the first two, and the other several feet to the side, He presumed that they were also involved in the shooting. two shots and saw Malcolm X fall flo ard a volley of shots, probably twenty. believes the assailants were also shooting at Malcolm's ,% ran to the foyer of the hall and which ¢ nded a view of the entrance to the e observed a man, later identified as John Hagen, running down the aisle crouching and weaving with a .45 caliber pistol in his hand. one of Malcolm's followers who the man, fired of which evidently hit Hagen learned that Hagen was caught outside by Malcolm's 1) ] a 5 GF Z01— al that one John} Negro male, age ? e Audubon Balltoom by an officer stationed outside. During the arrest, a warning shot was fired in the air. A .45 caliber clip with four bullets was found ig Hagen's pocket and it was discovered he was wounded in the left thigh. He is presently in the Jewish Memorial Hospital under police detenfion. Hagen subsequently identified by Identification Division rough fingerprints, Thonas by New York Police pepartment, as Talmagey 7~also known as bo ited! dk OAM Thomas Hackensa