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(Oo ard Valerie Schulte Testimony Kennedy aide, Valerie Schulte, was less than six feet from Kennedy at the time of the shooting. Her trial testimony stated that she was approximately two people behind Senator Kennedy following him down through the door into the kitchen area (the ‘"door" referred to are two double doors). Schulte repeated that Kennedy was about two yards in front of her. She followed him past the ice machine. Schulte then testified that she noticed Kennedy stop, turn to his left and back, and that "he shaked the hands of the kitchen help which were lined up, assembled to his left, and at that time, the crowd behind him kept moving and I was somewhat pushed to the right and forward." Additionally, Schulte testified that “the Senator turned something more than 90° angle facing roughly something west of north where there were people standing." Schulte continued that "I noticed he extended his hand. And at this time I noticed an arm extending with a gun and heard shots and observed the shots." Boris Yaro Testimony On June 7, 1968, Boris Yaro, a photographer for the Los Angeles Times, who was three feet behind and to the right of Senator Kennedy, made the following statement to the F.B.I. "I was about tnree feet tehind Kennedy and to the right of him trying to find his head in my camera viewfinder when I heard what I though were two explosions. My first thougnt was ‘some jerk has thrown some fire- crackers in here.’ All of the sudden the two or three people that had been blocking my view of the Senator disappeared leaving me with a full view of what was happening. The Senator and the assailant were a little more than silouettes, the Senator was backing up and putting both of his hands and arms in front of him in what would be best described as a protective effort. The suspect appeared to be lunging at the Senator, I don't know which hand the gun was in - I didn't realize it was a gun until he started firing again ~ this time I could see the flashes from the short barreled muzzle = I heard no sound from either man - I felt powder from the weapon strike my face - I knew it was gun then. I thought I heard three shots, but in retrospect, I know it is more, however. All of the sudden the firing stopped and some men jumped the suspect and there were cries of ‘get him, get the gun' - much shouting." It should be added that several of Yaro's photographs appeared on the front page of the Los Angeles Times on June 5 and June 6, 1968. None of these photographs, however, showed Sirhan actually firing at Senator Kennedy. - 25 -