John Hinckley Jr.'s Obsession The Story Behind the Reagan Shooting

John Hinckley Jr. said he doesn't remember what he was feeling when he fired the shots that wounded Ronald Reagan and three others. Author: ... 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 ... The man who tried to assassinate president Ronald Reagan has spoken out about Thomas Crooks' attempt on Donald Trump's life. On March 30, 1981, AP photographer Ron Edmonds made pictures of the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that would earn him the Pulitzer ... A disturbed man named John Hinckley, Jr. shot US President Ronald Reagan with a 22-caliber revolver loaded with explosive charges designed to explode on ... On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley tried to kill President Ronald Reagan. Hinckley shot the president, and his press secretary Jim Brady. John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in a failed assassination attempt, was fully released from court restrictions on Wednesday. The man behind the assassination attempt on former President Ronald Reagan in 1981 blamed his poor mental health for his actions. The last attempt to assassinate a U.S. president or presidential candidate was in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was shot. A US judge on Monday said he would grant "unconditional release" to John Hinckley, who wounded former US President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a ...