American Beauty: Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey)

i love you.

I believe that Carolyn killed Lester, and Col. Fitts had killed his wife, realizing his homosexuality, This explains both why Col. Fitts was covered in blood, and why Carolyn hid the gun. As for the fact that you heard a faint shooting while Carolyn was in the rain, this could have been heard from Fitts' house when he had killed his wife(They are neighbours) which encouraged Carolyn to complete her original task, but this is just my interpretation.

I think your wrong!

Why thank you, now my screen is all covered with bread crumbles.

The only question I have is, what proof is there that Fitts killed his wife? There is only speculation. They only show one body, Lester's, and one killer, Fitts. Fitts was the only one who had blood on him, Carolyn had no blood on her at all. It'd be impossible to not get blood on you when you shoot someone in the back of their head at point blank range. I think that Carolyn walked in and saw Lester dead and then finally realized how much she loved him and would never see him again. The gun looks like it was never even taken out of her purse. The cut-scene with her where you hear the gun shot in the distance, she was holding her purse in front of her chest. When she runs into the room, she was still holding it in front of her chest. Doesn't make sense to use the gun to kill in your husband, then put it back in the purse and hide it in the closet. I think her throwing it in the hamper thing was more of a reaction to what she saw had been done to Lester by a gun and she wanted to distance herself from the gun she was carrying. Also, what about the three cut-scenes when it shows everyone's reaction to Lester being shot? That was one shot, three different point of views. Not two shots. That wouldn't make any sense as it would be disproportionate if it was Carolyn who killed Lester and Fitts killing his wife. Why show three reactions to two shots? Why couldn't Fitts have killed Lester to keep his homosexuality a secret? Maybe Fitts didn't want to take the chance of someone knowing that he was, in fact, gay and that he also felt rejected by Lester as well. All the pieces only point to Fitts being the killer and nothing says otherwise.

Okay, just wanna say that I checked the scenes from where you can see the gun behind Lesters head, the gun Carol has, and the Gun that is in Fitts gun rack. And the gun that is in Fitts rack, looks like the same gun as the gun behind Lesters head. Carols gun looks very different from the killers gun. So, Mystery Solved.

Anonymous User Wrote:
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> Okay, just wanna say that I checked the scenes
> from where you can see the gun behind Lesters
> head, the gun Carol has, and the Gun that is in
> Fitts gun rack. And the gun that is in Fitts rack,
> looks like the same gun as the gun behind Lesters
> head. Carols gun looks very different from the
> killers gun. So, Mystery Solved.

If you wan't to dwell further into it, I can give you info that the gun Fitts has in his rack is a Sig-Sauer P226, the same gun as the killers. Carols gun is Smith&Wesson 5906.

its been said already...i think the wife was late to the murder and the colonel shot him for 1. to conceal his homosexuality and 2. anger of being rejected

uh.. i don't think that's the point of the scene. We are not interested how but WHO killed Lester.

I can't believe some people actually believe his wife was the killer. While she is outside walking in the rain, you can hear the gunshot that killed Lester -- granted, the rain drowned it out for her, which is why she's in so much shock when she finally sees Lester dead. She hides the gun because, um, hi? That looks kind of bad, you know, going through a rough patch in your marriage and suddenly having a gun in your possession.

Yikes. Also, listen to the commentaries on the DVD. They implicate Colonel Fitts as the murderer.