Photos: When Martin Luther King Jr. Died

Images from the day King was assassinated.

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Assassination - On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m., a single shot was fired at King, who was standing on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.\r(Photo: Commercial Appeal/Landov)
The Balcony - On the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, flowers and pictures adorn a memorial for King at the site where he was assassinated.(Photo: Fred Griffith/Commercial Appeal/Landov)\r\r 
The Assassin's Bundle? - Pictured is a bundle that was discovered in a doorway of Canipe's Amusement Company in Memphis after Dr. King's fatal shooting. The bundle contained a 30.06 Remington rifle, which officials said later was the weapon that killed the leader. (Photo: Robert Williams/Commercial Appeal/Landov)Wanted Poster   - The FBI released this wanted poster while on the search for King's suspected assassin, James Earl Ray, who had escaped from a Missouri prison. Ray was on the agency's list of "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives."(Photo: Commercial Appeal/Landov)

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Assassination - On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m., a single shot was fired at King, who was standing on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.\r(Photo: Commercial Appeal/Landov)

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