where did mlk get shot

Martin Luther King Jr. was shot on the balcony outside room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.

Quick Scoop

• The assassination took place at the Lorraine Motel, a Black-owned motel at 450 Mulberry Street in Memphis, Tennessee.

• King was standing on the second‑floor balcony in front of room 306 when a single rifle shot struck him in the right cheek and neck area.

• The fatal shot was fired from a bathroom window of a nearby rooming house at 422 1/2 South Main Street, across from the motel.

• He was rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Memphis, where he was pronounced dead a little over an hour later, at age 39.

Today, the Lorraine Motel site is preserved as part of the National Civil Rights Museum, serving as a place of reflection on the civil rights struggle and King’s legacy.

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