The Lessons Learned Preventing Future Presidential Assassination Attempts

John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in a failed assassination attempt, was fully released from court restrictions on Wednesday. The shooter was 30-year old John Hinckley. Hinckley said that he wanted to shoot President Reagan to impress actress Jodie Foster. ... He planned the ... On March 30, 1981, six shots were fired at President Ronald Reagan outside the ... get Reagan." Hinckley wrote he was doing this to try to ... “Reagan was shot. He survived and did well. He won re-election in a landslide,” he said. Advertisement. It happened on a dreary March afternoon in 1981. President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a ... (Reuters) - A federal judge was expected on Wednesday to grant John Hinckley, the man who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan and three ... 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 ... On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr. outside the Hilton Hotel in ... 35 years ago, John Hinckley tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in an attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster. The scene outside of the Washington Hilton moments before President Reagan was shot on March 30, 1981. Editor's note: As part of its “First ...