The bathroom window at the South Main rooming house afforded a clear view of the Lorraine Motel and the balcony on which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was standing when assassinated.
(Photograph by Robert Williams, The Commercial Appeal)
Patrolman Louis E. McKay (right), a member of the police Emergency Squad, was among the first officers to arrive in the area after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. April 4, 1968. He was ordered to guard a bundle discovered near a doorway at 424 South Main. The bundle contained a 30.06 Remington rifle, which officials said later was the weapon that killed Dr. King.
(Photograph by Sam Melhorn / copyright, The Commercial Appeal)
