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Summary  
The document details the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., which occurred on April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. King was on the second-floor balcony preparing to attend dinner when he was shot. Witnesses reported hearing a gunshot and observing him fall immediately after being struck. He was transported to St. Joseph Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 PM. The cause of death is attributed to a bullet tearing major vessels and severing the spinal cord at the neck.  

Witnesses described a man dropping a package containing a Browning gun near a business on Main Street, which was later recovered by Memphis Police Department. A white male, identified as John Willard, was reported staying in Room 5 of a rooming house on South Main Street. He registered between 3:00 and 3:30 PM on April 4, 1968, and refused Room 8 due to not needing kitchen facilities but accepted Room 5 for sleeping.  

Key People  
- Martin Luther King Jr. (victim)  
- John Willard (suspected individual, identified by witnesses)  
- Guy Warren Canipe (witness who found the gun package)  
- Mrs. Bessie Ruth Brewer (rooming house resident who reported John Willard)  
- Memphis Police Department officers  

Key Locations  
- Lorraine Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee (scene of assassination)  
- St. Joseph Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee (location of King's death)  
- South Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee (area where the gun package was found)  
- Rooming house on South Main Street (where John Willard stayed)  

Key Events  
- Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Hotel.  
- Recovery of a Browning gun and related items from a business on Main Street by Memphis PD.  
- Witness accounts of a white male, identified as John Willard, staying in Room 5 of a rooming house.  
- Official declaration of King's death at St. Joseph Hospital on April 4, 1968.  

Key Organizations  
- U.S. Department of Justice  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Memphis Police Department (MPD)  
- St. Joseph Hospital (medical facility where King was treated)

MLK Declassified Files

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