The Impact of the Reagan Shooting on American History

John Warnock Hinckley Jr., who spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital following the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan, shares his thoughts. It happened on a dreary March afternoon in 1981. President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a ... 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 ... On March 30, 1981, Hinckley shot Reagan in an assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Reagan suffered a punctured lung but ... The attack on Trump garnered immediate comparisons to the attempt on the life of then-President Ronald Reagan in 1981. 40 years ago, just 70 days into his first term, US President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by a gunman outside the ... John Hinckley, Who Shot President Reagan, Wins Unconditional Release. NPR. By Carrie Johnson. Published September 27, 2021 at 11:11 AM EDT. John Hinckley Jr. shot Ronald Reagan here outside of the Hilton Hotel. He was deranged and was trying to impress actress Jody Foster. Moreover, he'd been ... Four people — Reagan; a D.C. police officer; a Secret Service agent and Reagan's press secretary James Brady — were injured in the shooting. ... On this day in 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinckley Jr.