'' RFK Must Die : The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy '' is an investigative documentary by Irish writer and filmmaker Shane O'Sullivan released in 2007 . The film expands on his earlier reports for BBC '' Newsnight '' and '' The Guardian '' and explores alternative theories of what happened the night Robert F. Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on 5 June 1968 . The title comes from a page of " free writing " found in assassin Sirhan Sirhan 's notebook after the shooting , in which he wrote " R.F.K. must die - RFK must be killed Robert F. Kennedy must be assassinated ... before June 5 ' 68 . " Running on an anti-war ticket , Kennedy had just won the California Democratic primary and was confident he would challenge Richard Nixon for the White House . As he walked through the hotel kitchen pantry , shots rang out and he fell to the floor , fatally wounded by a bullet to the brain , fired from an inch behind his right ear
shot at the Ambassador Hotel
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
RFK Must Die