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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr., American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. that evening.
He was assassinated. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by a man with the name James Earl Ray, who shot him with a rifle. Dr. King was shot on April 4, 1968 on the â¦ balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison.