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If he hadn't seen somebody, why didn't he just throw it in the car and take off? >> a good question, one i asked his brother jerry ray. >> that was later to lead to him. that's my opinion, that's his opinion. >> in london, after james earl ray was caught, scotland yard detective alec east was assigned to guard him. east told the house hearing this in 1978. >> i recall he said to me that he had seen a policeman or a police vehicle and panicked and had thrown the gun away, and that his fingerprints would obviously be found on this weapon. >> as soon as he heard this, ray denied it. >> i never di...

>> douglas called in that first alert. then he got out of the patrol car. >> i came out here and started running down this way. >> okay. so you start running down this way. why this way? >> when i heard the shot, i couldn't tell exactly, you know, where it was coming from. i didn't see any other place that it could have come from. >> see the older green mustang parked by the lamp post on this day just as we're walking by? that's where james earl ray's mustang was parked that evening. did you see anything? >> i didn't see anybody or any cars moving or anything at that time. >> this is the corne...

>> i heard somebody holler, oh, lord! >> i thought there was a firecracker, and i didn't see him. my first reaction was that he is clowning again. see? he's fainted like he's been shot. then i saw his shoes sticking out from under the railing. >> i turned. i could see him lying on the balcony. one of his feet was sticking through the railing. there was a huge hole in his face. >> the bullet hit the tip of his chin and tore half of his neck off. >> the police were coming. and i hollered to them, "call an ambulance on your police radio, dr. king has been shot." they said, "where did the shot com...

His brother, jerry ray. >> he don't deny that he didn't rent the room. he don't deny he didn't buy the gun. the only thing he denies is that he was in that room. >> the only thing he denies is that he shot dr. king. >> that's the only thing he didn't do. >> jerry ray says before the shot was fired, his brother drove the mustang away to try to get a spare tire fixed. no witnesses have said yes, he came in to get the spare tire fixed. yes, i saw that man. we were too busy, we couldn't take him, but he was here. nobody. there's not one witness who has talked about a man coming in to get a spare t...

>> it's not a long distance at all. >> a couple hundred feet. maybe. that's it. >> next door at the police peephole, the only black left in the firehouse. patrolman willie richmond. >> i didn't like it. >> fireman george lonake asked to take a look. and became the only living witness we found who saw king at the very moment he was shot. a sudden clap like two boards slammed together. >> i looked through the peepholes, and i was looking at him. by the time it sounded like one before, two of them, just bam, went together. then i got maybe about here, and the shot rang out. >> he came up there of...