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Martin Luther King Jr — Part 1
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The other men in the tact unit continued to the rear
of the fire station to a concrete retaining wall abutting
Mulberry Street. DuFour, Dollahite, Morris, Baker, Landers,
Maley and Dunn climbed dow the concrete wall and ran across
Mulberry Street to the Lorraine Motel. DuFour and Morris ran
up the stairs to the balcony where Dr. King's body lay.
The people there said the shot had came from a red brick
vildine north of the fire strari em S$. Main Streer. While
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DuFour remained with Dr. King's body until the antulence came,
Morris ran north on Milberry to Huling and west on Huling to |
the north side of the buildings facing S. Main Street. Another
officer (probably Maley or Tymm) was already at that point,
and Morris stopped there to assist him in securing that area.
Baker ran to the Motel balcony where DuFour was standing
beside Dr. King’s body. He then ran back to Mulberry St. and
ran north for a distance to an alley. Baker ran into the
alley looking for anything suspicious. He noticed that
other members of the tact unit were securing a building
(probably the building with its north end on Huling).
Therefore, Baker went to the comer of Mulberry and E. Butler
and took up a position there.
After Landers learned the direction the shot came
from, he found a 55-gallon drm and climbed back up the
concrete retaining wall on Mulberry St. into the lot on
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