</s>... for the skin. Dr. Ravelio called in a surgeon, Dr. John T. armor, who diagnosed the injury as superficial. The bullet was removed in an operation at 11:10 p.m. / June 5, 1968; Nurses jary Trotter and Rita Covey assisted. Irwin Stroll, Kennedy worker and student, was a sentry at the Irwin Stroll, Kennedy Worker and student. was a Sentry at at the door leading from the anteroom to the Embassy Room. At the conclusion of the speech, Stroll watched Senator Kennedy exit through the curtains at the rear of the podium. He. observed the Senator: walking through the anteriorom toward the pantry in company with Jesse Unrh. Stroll followed the procession into the panty. where they paused. As the crowd started forward, he heard six "firecrackerz" and observed smoke. Then he felt a pain in his left leg as if he had been kicked. He walked to the embassy Room and enroute was being pushed and shoved. by the crowd. When Stroll reached the Embassy Rooms he noticed blood on his left leg. Barbara Murray, a housewife, stood in the pantRY six feet from the double doors as the shots were fired. She heard four or five shots, observed Stroll hopping around yelling, "I've been shot." "I've been shot." Murray embraced him trying to assist and stroll pushed her away turning toward the anTERoom, where she observed him exit the pantyr. Stroll was examined at the scene by Dr. Ross M. Miller who determined that the injury was not serious. Strol was admitted to Central Receiving Hospital was at 12:56 a.m ., and treated for a bullet wound of the left shin. He was discharged at 1:10 a.M ., in the custody of his mother who had previously contacted Dr. Nathan Lewis Cozen. 2025 RELEASE M8.E.O. 14176

John F. Kennedy
Robert P. Kennedy
Irwin Stroll
Ira Goldstein
Paul Schrade
William Weisel
Elizabeth Evans
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Jesse Unruh
Karl Decker
Roosevelt Grier
Frank Burns

Shooting of Senator Robert P. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel on June 5, 1968
Arrest of Sirhan B. Sirhan by Los Angeles Police Department
Response to the shooting by police and emergency services
Transportation of Senator Kennedy to Central Receiving Hospital
Security measures taken at the hospital and hotel

Ambassador Hotel
Central Receiving Hospital
Rampart Police Station
Wilshire Boulevard
3400 Wilshire Boulevard
Embassy Ballroom
Pantry serving area
Colonial Room
Main entrance of the hotel
Rear parking lot of the hotel

12:06 a.m. RAMPART DIVISION UNIT Officer G. W. Blishak, Officer R. J. Velasquez reported to the Ambassador Hotel.
12:22 a.m. METROPOLITAN DIVISION unit officers M. G. Livesey, W. Nunley, and A. A. Strickel arrived at the hotel.

John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Ethel Kennedy
Fred Dutton
Father J. W. Mundell
Lieutenant R. Tackberry
Deputy Chief E. M. Davis
William Barry

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)
Central Receiving Hospital
Rampart Station
Parker Center

June 5, 1968, at 12:30 a.m., Central Receiving Hospital, Los Angeles
Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles (where Robert Kennedy was shot)

Senator Robert Kennedy was transported by ambulance from the Ambassador Hotel to Central Receiving Hospital.
A large crowd of newsmen and sightseers converged at the hospital en masse.
Officers were assigned to guard the ambulance dock and clear the area of unauthorized persons.
Ethel Kennedy attempted to enter the treatment room, but was initially refused admittance by Officer Ambrecht.

Officer Ambrecht received minor scratches to his left thumb and right wrist during a scuffle with Ethel Kennedy and others.
Lieutenant Tackberry assumed command as senior officer at the scene.
Deputy Chief E. M. Davis dispatched Lieutenant Hogue to relay information regarding the situation back to the Emergency Control Center.

RFK Declassified Files

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