Robert F. Kennedy was shot at point blank range by Sirhan B. Sirhan moments after Kennedy had addressed his presidential campaign supporters at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, June 5, 1968.

Kennedy died early morning, June 6, at age 42. He had won the primaries in South Dakota and California, moving him closer to winning the Democratic nomination.

The following is a live broadcast of the assassination as it happened. The reporter, Andrew West of KRKD in Los Angeles, interviews Kennedy as they walk through the hotel's kitchen.

Click on the headphones to hear the report.

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