Local newspapers mocked King when he announced he would return to Memphis for a runoff. Among other snipes and barbs, the local press criticized him for staying in a White-owned Holiday Inn, instead of the Black-owned Motel Lorraine. (The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: An Overview by: Charles Overbeck, p. 2) Hoping to avoid further antagonistic press following the disastrous March 28 protest, not wanting to add to all the hatred that filled the king's air. changed his accommodation to a room at the Lorraine Motel, where it turned out to be a big mistake on April 4. It could easily be seen that changing King's accommodations to this particular motel was a big mistake. The Lorraine Motel was located in a fairly seedy part of town. The day before King arrived, someone claiming to be an advance security officer went to the Lorraine Hotel and changed King's reservation from a ground floor room to a room with balcony on the second floor, saying, "Dr. King always likes to have a room on the ground floor." the second floor overlooks the pool." The new room was at the back of the building, the balcony wide open to sniper fire, with no cover, and James Earl Ray, the man who took great care and kept secret in planning all the events that would take place on April 4, had easy access to his target “At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, King left his motel room to go to dinner (Charles. Overbeck) He was looking forward to having a good meal, as he had not been able to eat a good meal in a while in fear of everything that was happening. He leaned over the railing to talk to his driver. A moment later, a single shot from a high-powered rifle exploded and King fell to the concrete balcony, where he lay dying as Martin Luther King Jr. laid out his life on the. balcony, he remembered everything he had accomplished during his life and what he could still do for human rights. “Life was so much simpler back home in Atlanta. He thought that lying on the cold cement of the balcony, he was fighting for his life and in the midst of all his pain, he felt all the hatred dissipate from him, and he thought about his life..