how did malcolm x die

Malcolm X died by assassination on February 21, 1965. He was shot multiple times while preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, New York. During his speech, a disturbance occurred in the audience, and a man rushed the stage and shot Malcolm X once in the chest with a sawed-off shotgun, while two other men fired semi- automatic pistols. He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. The autopsy found 21 gunshot wounds to his chest, left shoulder, arms, and legs, including ten buckshot wounds from the initial shotgun blast. Three members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of the murder, but in recent years, some of those convictions were overturned due to evidence suppression issues. The assassination followed mounting hostility between Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam after he left the group. He was only 39 years old at the time of his death.