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    Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

    murder in Los Angeles, California

    Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

    Robert F. Kennedy lies mortally wounded on the floor immediately after the shooting. Kneeling beside him is year-old busboy Juan Romero, who was shaking Kennedy's hand when Sirhan Sirhan fired the shots.

    LocationAmbassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Coordinates34°03′35″N°17′50″W / °N °W / ;
    DateJune&#;5, ; 56 years ago&#;()
    a.m. (UTC−7)
    TargetRobert F. Kennedy

    Attack type

    		Political assassination, mass shooting
    WeaponsIver Johnson LR revolver
    Deaths1 (Kennedy died on June 6, , from his injuries)
    Injured5[a]
    PerpetratorSirhan Sirhan
    VerdictGuilty on all counts
    ConvictionsFirst-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder (5 counts)
    MotiveRevenge for Kennedy's support for Israel in the Six-Day War[3]
    SentenceDeath i
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    Robert F. Kennedy

    American politician and lawyer (–)

    "RFK", "Robert Kennedy", and "Bobby Kennedy" redirect here. For other uses, see RFK (disambiguation) and Robert Kennedy (disambiguation).

    Robert F. Kennedy

    Kennedy in

    In office
    January 3, &#;– June 6,
    Preceded byKenneth Keating
    Succeeded byCharles Goodell
    In office
    January 21, &#;– September 3,
    President
    Deputy
    Preceded byWilliam P. Rogers
    Succeeded byNicholas Katzenbach
    Born

    Robert Francis Kennedy


    ()November 20,
    Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
    DiedJune 6, () (aged&#;42)
    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Manner&#;of&#;deathAssassination
    Resting placeArlington National Cemetery
    Political partyDemocratic
    Spouse
    Children11, including Kathleen, Joseph II, Robert Jr., Michael, Kerry, Chris, Max, Douglas, and Rory
    Parents
    RelativesKennedy family
    Education
    Signature
    AllegianceUnited States
    Branch/serviceUnited States

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    The Assassination of Robert Kennedy

    The two Kennedy brothers were assassinated within five years of each other. Robert Francis Kennedy was forty-two when he was shot down in Los Angeles. The seventh child of his family and the great-grandson of Irish immigrants in the previous century, he would succeed his brother John F. as leader of the dynasty. On November 22nd, , he was having a swim and lunch with his wife Ethel at their grand mansion in McLean, Virginia, when FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover telephoned to tell him that President Kennedy had been shot.

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    Elected as a Democratic medlem av senat for the state of New York in , Robert Kennedy announced his candidature for the presidency in He would win four out of fem Democratic primaries and it looked as if he might well be the second Kennedy president when he went to California for the primary there. Among cheering crowds in San Francisco’s Chinatown with Ethel on June 3rd, the sound of shots rang out.