The Shocking Moment Ronald Reagan's Assassination Attempt

President Reagan and others were shot by John W. Hinckley Jr. Portrait of Brad Wadlow Brad Wadlow. MyCentralJersey.com. President Ronald Reagan ... WASHINGTON (AP) — For the past decade, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan has quietly spent a growing number of his days living with ... John Hinckley Jr. had poked a .22 calibre revolver through a crowd of people on Florida Walk, Washington DC, and fired six shots at the recently inaugurated US ... John Hinckley, who wounded then U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three others in a 1981 assassination attempt, was released without ... 'Violence is not the way to go. Give peace a chance,' Hinckley says after former president was inches away from losing his life at ... The very first thing he said to the First Lady when she arrived at the hospital was, “Honey, I forgot to duck,” a reference to a one-liner used by boxer Jack ... John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in a failed assassination attempt, was fully released from court restrictions on Wednesday. John Hinckley, Jr. shot Reagan as the former president was walking to his limousine outside of a Washington, D.C. hotel in 1981. On this day in 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinckley Jr. An agreement has been reached for the 'unconditional release' from supervision of John Hinckley Jr, who shot former President Ronald Reagan.