</s>FBI TAMPA 1040AM URGENT 6/5/68 ELR 10 ALL SACS FROM DIRECTOR 1F ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY, LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA. JUNE FIVE. SIXTEIGHT. AN ASSAILANI, AS YET UNIDENTIFIED BUI WHO IS IN CUSTODY OF LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENI, ATTEMPTIED THE ASSASSINATIOH OF SENIOR ROBERT E. KENNETH A. TELVELVED FIFTEEN A.M ., TODAY, IN THE BALLROOM OF THE AMBASSADOR HOTEL. LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIAL. THE FBI IS RENDERING ALL POSSIBLE INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES. INCLUDING THE SERVICES OF THE FBI LABORATORY AND IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. IF YOU RECEIVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATERI. IF BUREAU AND LOS INVESTIGATION BE EXPEDIOUSLY ADVISED AND ALL NECESSARY INVESTICATION IMMEDIATELY INITIATED. NO COMMENT SHOULD BE MADE 10 THE PRESS WITH RESPECT 10 THE QUESTION OF FBI JORDISICATION EXCEPT THAT THE FBI Is RENDENDERANCE AS INDICATED ABOVE. END 24-729-1 HOLD FOR ANOTHER ALL SAG SEARCHED N SERIALATED N A SoyleWy 00.LA 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176 BHNSSEFI MIAMI

**John F. Kennedy Assassination Records**

**Investigation into Pernell Ezzell**

* **Dates:** June 11, 1968 - September 30, 1968
* **Locations:** Los Angeles, California; Memphis, Tennessee; Shreveport, Louisiana; North Carolina; Florida
* **Individuals:**
	+ Pernell Ezzell (alias "Easy"): interviewed on August 27, 1968, at the Shreveport, Louisiana Resident Agency
	+ Mrs. Fay Ezzelle (wife of Pernell Ezzell): furnished additional information about her husband's employment history and possible connection to the assassination investigation
	+ Mr. Emory A. Dowling, Jr.: furnished information about Pernell Ezzell on June 11, 1968
* **Organizations:**
	+ FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
	+ Los Angeles Division
	+ Tampa Division
	+ Shreveport Resident Agency
* **Events:**
	+ Investigation into the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy at Los Angeles, California
	+ Pernell Ezzell's employment history and possible connection to the assassination investigation
	+ Ezzell's interview on August 27, 1968, at the Shreveport Resident Agency
* **Findings:**
	+ Pernell Ezzell denied any involvement in the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. or Senator Robert F. Kennedy
	+ Ezzell claimed he had received a large amount of money as a result of his participation in a grant, but denied stating to anyone that he was on the payroll of the OSI and CIA
	+ Ezzell's arrest record included numerous drunk arrests, and his occupation was T.V. repairman and security guard

RFK Declassified Files

44-tp-729.pdf

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