The Aftermath The Impact of the Reagan Assassination Attempt

Charles Tasnadi/AP Two people hang a sign on a building near the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, March 31, 1981, ... Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. when he was shot. He had been delivering a speech to the AFL-CIO and had ... The last attempt to assassinate a U.S. president or presidential candidate was in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was shot. 40 YEARS AGO TODAY: On March 30, 1981, an attempted assassin shot President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Archive video shows the moment a gunmen shot former White House Press Secretary James Brady in an attempt to assassinate then-President ... John Hinckley will be monitored for the next nine months, and if he doesn't get into any more trouble, he'll win full unconditional release from ... President Reagan waves to the crowd immediately before being shot outside the Washington Hilton Hotel ... fired six shots at President Ronald ... On this day in 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinckley Jr. 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, AP photographer Ron Edmonds made pictures of the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that would earn him the Pulitzer ...