At just 39 years of age, an american civil rights leader and one of the most admired people, Martin Luther King JR. was killed. On April, 4 1968 King was staying at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. He has frequently stayed at this hotel, and usually got the same room. The King was standing on the hotel's balcony when he got shot in the neck. A bullet from a rifle smashed his throat, traveled through his spinal cords, and lodged in his shoulder. He was taken to the St. Joseph's hospital and they performed an open heart massage. Martin Luther King jr. was pronounced dead an hour after the shooting.James Earl Ray was convicted of the assassination and taken to jail. He and six others escaped from jail, but returned 3 days later. He was sentenced to 100 years in prison.
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