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At which Memphis motel was Martin Luther King Jr shot on 4 April 1968?
King was shot on the balcony outside Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel at 18:01 CST.
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The Assassination of Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr on the Balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis at 18:01 on 4 April 1968 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr was shot at 18:01 Central Standard Time on 4 April 1968 while standing on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was pronounced dead at St Joseph's Hospital at 19:05. The shooter was identified as James Earl Ray, who was arrested at Heathrow Airport on 8 June 1968 and pleaded guilty in March 1969.