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What did John Wilkes Booth do and shout immediately after he shot President Lincoln?

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The main act the egomaniacal Booth naturally reserved for himself. His crime was committed shortly after 10 descr='[PM]', when he entered the presidential box unobserved, suddenly shot Lincoln, and vaulted to the stage (breaking his left leg in the process) shouting "Sic semper tyrannis!" [thus always to tyrants] "The South is avenged!" He then went behind the scenes and down the back stairs to a waiting horse upon which he made his escape.

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