LOS ANGELES. This .22 Caliber Revolver was used in the shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy early 6/5 when a Jordanian Immigrant, Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, 24, fired eight of its nine bullets at the Senator two of which struck home. Kennedy remains in critical condition after nearly four hours of brain surgery
Object type: Photograph
Department: Photographs
Artist: Larry Sharkey
Artist bio: American
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: American
Date: June 5, 1968
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 16.2 x 24.8 cm (6 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit line: Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, 2010
Accession year: 2010
Tags: Hands