Malcolm X shot dead. New York police carry Malcom X as the fatally shot black Nationalist Leader is taken from the Adobon room here yesterday. Malcom, 29, was felled by a barrage of bullets as he addressed a Harlem Rally of his folowers. His wife, Betty, was among 500 supporters who saw him shot down by a hail of bullets as he began to speak in a ballroom. Two unidentified gunmen were immediately seized. 22nd February 1965.