What is known about the murder of Martin Luther King Jr?

Answer 1

Martin Luther King, Jr. was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 pm that evening.

Read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.

Answer 2

James Earl Ray was convicted of shooting Dr. King.

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Answer 3

Standing on the balcony outside his room on April the 4Th 1968 at 6:01PM, Martin was shot by James Earl Ray. The shooter, aged 40, was sentenced to 99 years in prison; he died under a third of the way through on April the 23rd 1998.

With Martin on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee, where he'd nearly died before, were Reverend Jesse Jackson, Hosea Williams and Ralph Abernathy. They called an ambulance and Martin got rushed to Saint Joseph's Hospital. At 7:05PM Martin Luther King Junior's assassination was confirmed.

However, his family continued to argue that James Earl Ray did not kill him. Later evidence found him guilty but he was forced into the attack by the white government.

Answer 4

An escaped convict called James Earl Ray killed him. He must have been against Martin Luther King's stopping of the discrimination. He confessed later, but said he wasnt resposible. Later, at 1999 he died. No one knows yet why the man killed him, but still, they are finding out answers

Answer 5

James Earl Ray.