The Secret Service's Role in Protecting Reagan

John Hinckley, the man who shot and wounded then-US President Ronald Reagan and three others in 1981, has been granted unconditional release 41 years after ... John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in a failed assassination attempt, was fully released from court restrictions on Wednesday. President Ronald Reagan is shoved into the President's limousine by secret service agents after being shot outside a Washington hotel in 1981. President Ronald Reagan was shot and nearly killed as he left the Washington Hilton Hotel on March 30, 1981 — 40 years ago as of Tuesday. “ ... Four people — Reagan; a D.C. police officer; a Secret Service agent and Reagan's press secretary James Brady — were injured in the shooting. ... ... president or presidential candidate was in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was shot. Hear from reporter Lem Tucker, who witnessed that shooting and ... For James Brady, the shot to his head left him partially paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Image. President Reagan in the ... The assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan happened on Monday, March 30, 1981, 69 days after becoming President. Hinckley fired six shots in 1981 outside a hotel in Washington in a deranged attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster, striking the then ... On January 20, 1981, Reagan took office. Only 69 days later he was shot by a would-be assassin, but quickly recovered and returned to duty. His grace and wit ...