Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

Kennedy in Los Angeles, California around June 1968, shortly before his assassination

The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, a U.S. Senator and brother of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, who had been assassinated himself in 1963, took place shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles, California. He had just won the state's presidential orimary.

Kennedy was shot as he walked through the kitchen of the city's Ambassador Hotel and died at the Good Samaritan Hospital on June 6 during the operation to remove the bullet and bone fragments from his brain. Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian immigrant, was found guilty for Kennedy's murder and is now serving a life sentence for the assassination. As of 2011, Kennedy and Huey Long are the only U.S. Senators to be killed while in office.

Assassination Of Robert F. Kennedy Media

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  Kennedy addressing supporters in the Embassy Ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel

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  The Iver Johnson .22 caliber revolver that Sirhan used to assassinate Kennedy.

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  Kennedy's grave in Arlington National Cemetery

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  Mugshot of Sirhan Sirhan (Los Angeles Police Department) (cropped2)

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  Photo of William Pepper, an american lawyer.

Other websites

• Mary Ferrell Foundation - RFK Assassination Documents – LAPD and FBI investigation files and the trial transcript at the Mary Ferrell Foundation
• FBI file on the RFK assassination