who assassinated president lincoln
Jon Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. He shot him in the head with a .44 caliber pistol. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth(an actor at the Ford Theatre) and died April 15, 1865 in the Petersen House.
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Bootâ¦h in Ford's Theater, Booth was a somewhat famous actor and shot Lincoln while he was watching the play. John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln at point blank range on the 14th April, 1865.