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Thomas Hagan (/ ˈ h eɪ ɡ ən /; born March 16, 1941) is a former member of the Nation of Islam who assassinated Malcolm X in 1965. For a period he also went by the name Talmadge X Hayer, and his chosen Islamic name is Mujahid Abdul Halim (Arabic: مجاهد عبد الحليم).
May 10, 2022 · Thomas Hagan, formerly Talmadge Hayer, was a member of the Nation of Islam who shot and killed civil rights leader Malcolm X in 1965. He was the only one who admitted his role in the assassination and was released from prison in 2010.
- Alexandra Simon
Apr 26, 2010 · Thomas Hagan, the only man who admitted his role in the 1965 assassination of iconic black leader Malcolm X, was paroled Tuesday.
Nov 17, 2021 · The man who was shot by the bodyguard in the thigh and captured, Talmadge Hayer, also known as Thomas Hagan and Mujahid Abdul Halim, confessed to the killing and is imprisoned.
- Sydney Trent
Feb 28, 2024 · Thomas Hagan, also known as Talmadge X Hayer, was a former Nation of Islam member who shot and killed Malcolm X in 1965. He claimed he had help from other NOI members and law enforcement agencies, but he was the only one who admitted to the crime.
Three members of the Nation of Islam—Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Khalil Islam, and Thomas Hagan—were charged, tried, and convicted of the murder and given indeterminate life sentences, but in November 2021, Aziz and Islam were exonerated.
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Apr 28, 2010 · Thomas Hagan, the last person still serving a sentence in the civil rights leader’s 1965 assassination in Harlem, and the only one to confess his role, was paroled.
