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Of arthur hanes law office. >> according to the prosecutors, the shot was fired from the bathroom and killed dr. king over here on the second floor of the lorraine. >> just south of the rooming house, across the street from the lorraine, is this firehouse. in the back of the fire station, officer redditt set up a surveillance post. >> i call it surveillance. because he couldnt be security. youve got to be surveillance. >> this is the back window now painted over. fire lieutenant george lonakey w...

Ray on it when it was found outside the boardinghouse. >> the rifle, the one ray bought in birmingham, is on display today. upstairs in the rooming house, now part of the national civil rights museum run by beverly robertson. its got a scope on the top. >> yes, he had a scope on it. i think he felt he needed a scope, but it was a very short distance. you didnt need to be a marksman or a sharpshooter to be able to hit the target. >> it was an easy shot. >> it was an easy shot. i bet you or i coul...

Not match this bullet, which killed dr. king, with the rifle ray bought. the bullet was badly mangled upon impact and the markings made by the rifle barrel when the gun was fired fell short of scientific certainty. second, two men living in the boardinghouse could not identify the man they saw running from the bathroom after the sound of the shot. he held a hand to his face. the governments case places the shooter in the bathroom. but police had one witness at the time who did see someone else. ...

>> william pepper says there were military intelligence officers on the roof of the fire station next door. according to him, they took one incredible photo. >> one of the guys, when the shot took place, took his camera and spanned it all the way around to the left into the bushes. and he caught the shooter lowering the rifle. and he said it was not james earl ray. all right? definitively. >> but pepper says he never saw those photos. he says he knew a guy who did, but pepper could never lay his...

So as expected, as the soldiers are leaving, they got attacked. >> we rounded a corner, and thats when the first shot rang out. and then there was gunfire everywhere. richard and another soldier and i raced back to the humvee. >> the bullets are pinging off the side of the humvee. >> as im between this rock and the humvee, and redden is walking backwards, so the two of us are behind this humvee, im walking forward and hes walking backwards filming me and im trying to prevent him from falling and...

Like -- his cousin, the cousin takes him to his home and calls 9-1-1. and sometime between then and when the police arrive at the home where he was stabbed, shot rang out and a young college age man fell to the ground when the cops got and the medics arrived. he was still alive but was pronounced dead a short time thereafter. so, there was some sort of altercation. theyre investigating this as a possible murder-suicide. or -- attempted murder and suicide. andrew kane is a politics editor for to ...

So as expected, as the soldiers are leaving, they got attacked. >> we rounded a corner, and thats when the first shot rang out. and then there was gunfire everywhere. richard and another soldier and i raced back to the humvee. >> the bullets are pinging off the side of the humvee. >> as im between this rock and the humvee, and redden is walking backwards, so the two of us are behind this humvee, im walking forward and hes walking backwards filming me and im trying to prevent him from falling and...

Were being told by an intelligence source. she was making her way towards the capitol. at that point, the intelligence source is saying that use of force was authorized. it is not clear whether the car came to a stop or whether the shooting simply began, but shots were fired. the driver of the car, were now being told, a female, was indeed hit. there was a child in that car. the child was removed from the scene. were told that police did not know that there was a child inside that car when the u...

Vehicle. so as expected, as the soldiers are leaving, they got attacked. >> we rounded a corner, and thats when the first shot rang out. and then there was gunfire everywhere. richard and another soldier and i raced back to the humvee. >> the bullets are pinging off the side of the humvee. >> as im between this rock and the humvee, and redden is walking backwards, so the two of us are behind this humvee, im walking forward and hes walking backwards filming me and im trying to prevent him from fa...

We had to get back to the vehicles. so as expected, as these soldiers are leaving, they got attacked. >> we rounded the corner, and thats when the first shot rang out. and then it was gunfire everywhere. another soldier and i rushed back to the humvee. >> the bullets are pinging off the side of the humvee. as im, you know, between this rock and the humvee and redden is walking backwards. so the two of us are by this humvee, im walking forward, and hes walking backwards, filming me, and im trying...