Martin Luther King Jr.
On April 4, 1968, King was in Memphis, Tennessee.  He planned to lead a protest march to support garbage workers who were on strike.  At 6:01 pm, he was shot while he was standing on the balcony of his motel room.pp. 284–285  The bullet entered through his right cheek and travelled down his neck.  It cut open the biggest veins and arteries in King's neck before stopping in his shoulder.