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Senator Robert Kennedy won the Democratic Presidential Primary of June 4, 1968 for the State of California, and the senator's victory speech was given in the Embassy Ballroom of Pasadena's Ambassador hotel in front of hundreds of supporters and national media. At the conclusion of his speech, which was approximately quarter past midnight of June 5, Senator Kennedy was escorted off the stage by Ambassador Maitre d' Karl Uecker and through the pantry area of the ballroom en route to a scheduled press briefing in the Colonial Room.
As he passed through the crowded pantry area, the senator turned to his left to shake hands with several members of the kitchen staff, including waiter Martin Petrusky and kitchen helper Jesus Perez. Shots were fired and a commotion ensued as several witnesses attempted to subdue and disarm the gunman while other witnesses were shot and injured.
Senator Kennedy fell to the ground, hit by three bullets: one to the rear of the head behind the right ear, one 7" below the top of the right shoulder, and a third that entered slightly to the right of number two and exited from the front of his chest. Although the gunman's approach (from the east) was oncoming to the path of Kennedy's travel, witness statements have revealed that the Senator's body was rotated well over 45 degrees toward the north-west (Kennedy's left) in order to greet the kitchen staff, resulting in entrance wounds from the right rear.
Senator Kennedy was pronounced dead at 1:44am at Good Samaritan Hospital. The gunman, later identified as Sirhan B. Sirhan, was held on a table by witnesses until taken into custody by the LAPD. Sirhan was tried and convicted for the murder of Robert Kennedy and the attempted murder of the five others who sustained gunshot injuries on June 5, 1968.
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