There are definitely better ways out there to examine this event and put it in a legitimate historical context:
At that time, there weren’t political discussions around gun culture/gun violence and mental health the way there are now.
Also, the inherent vulnerability of places of worship (again, that decades later we are now all too familiar with).
The attitude that a mentally deranged Black guy is not newsworthy, and that (being facetious here) he stuck to his own community instead of rudely trespassing into white territory, is what makes news editors and producers merely shrug? Was the lack of historical importance possibly due to a racist assumption that black-on-black crime is expected, and not to be concerned about? Could do some digging on this attitude and make an argument.
Anyway, a quick google to find background on the shooter completely ruins the “assassination” claim. A second victim was also killed-just wrong place, wrong time.
It’d be interesting to hear the opinion of the King family on this.