Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (born March 19, 1944) is the convicted assassin of United States Senator Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy. He is currently serving a life sentence at the state penitentiary in Corcoran, California.
Personal information
Sirhan was born to Palestinian Christian parents in Jerusalem and was raised a Maronite Catholic. However, in his adult years he frequently changed his religious thoughts, to Baptist, Seventh-day Adventist, and Rosicrucianism.
Robert F. Kennedy assassination
On June 5, 1968, Sirhan fired a .22 caliber Iver Johnson revolver into the crowd surrounding Senator Kennedy in the kitchen pantry of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
This occurred shortly after Kennedy had finished addressing supporters in the hotel's main ballroom. George Plimpton, Rosey Grier (an NFL defensive lineman and Kennedy's close friend/bodyguard), and Olympic gold medalist Rafer Johnson subdued Sirhan, with Grier jamming his thumb behind the hammer of the gun to prevent further shots from being fired.
