Reagan Assassination A Haunting Reminder of American Vulnerability

Nobody was killed in the attack. Press Secretary James Brady was left paralyzed and permanently disabled. Brady died in August 2014. Hinckley was found not ... John Hinckley shot and wounded Ronald Reagan and staff members as he left the Hilton Hotel. On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. fired six shots on Reagan three months after he took office, hitting the sitting president and three ... March 30, 1981: Reagan exits a Washington, D.C., hotel when gunman John Hinckley Jr. fires. On 30 March 1981, just 69 days into his presidency, Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded outside the Washington Hilton by John Hinckley Jr in an assassination ... John Hinckley Jr., who shot Ronald Reagan, set to be unconditionally released on June 15 ... Hinckley, now 67, shot at Reagan as the president was ... Condolences pour in for Jimmy Carter after ex-president dies at 100 ... Ronald Reagan. As a result, Carter faced a now-rare primary ... Hinckley believed the attack would impress actress Jodie Foster. Mug shot of John Hinckley taken after he was arrested. John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate the president outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Reagan was injured by a single bullet. Ronald Reagan is killed on the 69th (don't say nice) day of his presidency. Given his large electoral victory just five months earlier, he is ...