Nation For those at Lorraine Motel when MLK was killed, what does it mean to witness martyrdom? January 18, 2019Rick Hampson, USA TODAYComments Off on For those at Lorraine Motel when MLK was killed, what does it mean to witness martyrdom? Many Americans remember where they were when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel. A few were actually there.