ray on it. >> everyone wanted a guilty plea except me. >> in terms of whether something is true or not, because james earl ray said it, i would say it's a pure toss-up. >> when a police team stopped for a rest break at this firehouse, patrolman gene douglas was left in a car outside to monitor the radio. >> i heard a noise, like a shot, well, it was more like a rifle. that's when everybody inside the firehouse started running out saying "king's been shot, king's been shot." >> douglas reached for his radio mike. >> we have information king has been shot at the lorraine. >> captain ray raced out of police headquarters heading to the scene. there, on south main street, he saw a bundle abandoned in the recessed doorway of a record