A ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 1968, Ray ya kashe Martin Luther King Jr. tare da harbi guda daya da aka harbe daga bindigarsa ta Remington, yayin da King yake tsaye a baranda na bene na biyu na Lorraine Motel a Memphis, Tennessee. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da aka harbe shi, shaidu sun ga Ray ya gudu daga ɗakin gida a gefen titi daga motel; ya yi hayar ɗaki a cikin gidan a lokacin. An watsar da wani kunshin kusa da shafin da ya haɗa da bindiga da binoculars, duka tare da yatsun Ray. Tambaya: Menene sunan mutumin da ya kashe Dokta Martin Luther King, Jr.?
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