Ka tae ki Atlanta i te 24 o Poutu-te-rangi 1968, ka tirohia e Ray ki roto ki te whare noho. I hokona e ia he mahere o te taone. I muri mai ka kitea e nga kaihoko FBI tenei mahere i a raatau e rapu ana i te ruuma i noho ai ia i Atlanta. I runga i te mahere, ko nga waahi o te hahi me te kaainga o Martin Luther King Jr. i karapotihia. I haere ano a Ray ki te huarahi ka taraiwa i tana Mustang ki Birmingham, Alabama. I reira, i te Poutu-te-rangi 5, 1968, ka hokona e ia he 760 Gamemaster Model.30-06-caliber rifle me te pouaka o 20 cartridges mai i te Kamupene Whakawhanaunga Aeromarine. I hokona ano e Ray he 2x7 Harvey Redfield rifle scope, i tukuna e ia ki Atlanta. I muri i tana haerenga ki Mexico i te Paenga-whawha i te Paenga-whawha i te Paenga-whawha i te Paenga-whawha i te Paenga-whawha i te Paenga, i haere tonu ia ki te hoko i tana ri
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