Political Fallout The Impact of the Ronald Reagan Assassination Attempt on American Politics

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: ... John Warnock Hinckley Jr., who spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital following the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan, ... Six shots were fired, wounding the President, Agent Tim McCarthy, Metropolitan Police Officer Thomas Delahanty, and White House Press Secretary James Brady. Would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. to be released June 15 ... A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has granted unconditional release to would-be ... Attempted Assassination of President Ronald Reagan Part 01 of 04. Loading. The Document Viewer requires that you enable Javascript. 1981, a deranged drifter named John W. Hinckley, Jr., fired six shots from a .22-calibre revolver at Reagan as he left a Washington, D.C., hotel. One of the ... “A young gunman ambushed President Reagan at close range yesterday and fired six shots from a .22-caliber pistol — one of them piercing the ... A note written to actress Jodie Foster from John Hinckley, Jr. on March 6, 1981, just over three weeks before President Reagan was shot. Growing ... CLEVELAND — Exactly 40 years ago, John Hinckley Jr. wounded President Ronald Reagan during a shooting outside a Hilton Hotel in Washington ... apologizes for 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. In 1981, John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded Pres. Reagan and three ...