The Day Ronald Reagan Was Shot The Near-Fatal Attack on the President

John Warnock Hinckley Jr., who spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital following the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan, ... WASHINGTON (AP) — The would-be assassin got off six shots in 1.7 seconds, nearly taking the life of a president and changing the trajectory ... It happened on a dreary March afternoon in 1981. President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a ... The Reagan Detail was certainly not lax, six shots were fired without a ... the President was getting ready to exit the hotel. At this time, Officer. The last time an American president was injured in an assassination attempt was 43 years ago, when 25-year-old John Hinckley Jr. shot President ... The 30th of March, 1981, the delusional John Hinckley Jr. tries to kill president Ronald Reagan. His life hangs on a thin thread at the hospital. Forty years ago, on March 30, 1981, John Hinckley, Jr. fired shots at President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton, including one that ... The last attempt to assassinate a U.S. president or presidential candidate was in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was shot ... Find CBC News on ... Clip: Season 24 | 2m 50s. On March 30th, 1981, President Reagan was shot. Aired 10/31/2011 | Rating NR. Sign in to add to My List. American Experience ... We can report that shots were fired as President Reagan left the Washington Hilton hotel following that address we carried live here on CNN. The ...