The Public's Response A Nation United After Ronald Reagan's Shooting

Hinckley also said then that he did not “want to remember” the emotions that he experienced when he shot Reagan, Brady and the others. On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. opened fire at former President Ronald Reagan and his staff. Found not guilty by reason of insanity, ... President Reagan waves to the crowd immediately before being shot in an assassination attempt after exiting Washington Hilton Hotel. On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot while leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. It happened on a dreary March afternoon in 1981. President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a ... shot Reagan, White House press secretary James Brady and two officers outside a Washington hotel on March 30, 1981, less than two months into ... 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 ... Hinckley fired six shots. Jerry Parr, head of the president's Secret Service detail, shoved a surprised Reagan into the limousine. And with that ... When President Ronald Reagan was shot on this day, March 30, in 1981, it was anything but funny. The assassination attempt by John W ... John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in an assassination attempt, speaks about his remorse, gun laws and the more ...