Presidential Courage Ronald Reagan's Response to the Assassination Attempt

John Warnock Hinckley Jr. (born May 29, 1955) is an American musician who attempted to assassinate U.S. president Ronald Reagan as he left the Hilton Hotel ... About the Vice President | Vice Presidents of the United States ; Walter F. Mondale, Democratic, Jimmy Carter ; George H. W. Bush, Republican, Ronald Reagan ; J. with President Ronald Reagan ... More than 40 years after the attempted assassination of Reagan, a gunman shot at former President Donald Trump ... shot Reagan, White House press secretary James Brady and two officers outside a Washington hotel on March 30, 1981, less than two months into ... Reagan nearly died from a chest wound. Three others, including Brady, were struck by bullets from Hinckley's handgun. Hinckley Jr., now 59, was found not guilty ... On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. fired six shots on Reagan three months after he took office, hitting the sitting president and three ... Washington, D.C., when John Hinckley Jr., attempted to assassinate him. ... shot beneath his left arm pit, and rushed him into emergency surgery ... President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a union group when John W. Hinckley Jr. opened fire ... On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by a drifter named John Hinckley Jr. The ... President Ronald Reagan, an actor turned politician, was just a little over 60 days in office when he left the Washington Hilton on Monday ...