This practice is a collaboration between Sparrow and Volunteers of America Michigan to serve the areaâs homeless, the first such project between a health system and VOAMI in Michigan, and only the second in the nation.
Dr. King's Assassination. Background: On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by a sniper's bullet while standing on the second-floor balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. As news of King's death spread, violent riots broke out in African American neighborhoods in over one hundred cities across the United States.
Newton King, 34, was shot through the heart Feb. 9, 1991, in front of her two young children as she returned home from a visit to her parents. Nearly a year later, her husband, Bradford King, was arrested, focusing international attention on the town of Marshall. UPDATE: King, 45, a former police officer, was sentenced last week to life in prison without possibility of parole for killing his wife. King was convicted Dec. 14 of first-degree murder and possessing a firearm in committing a felony. He said he will appeal.