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New page: {{expand}} '''John W. Hinckley''' was the attempted assassin of President Ronald Reagan. On 30 March 1981, he fired six times at the President, who was leaving the Hilton Hotel ...
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'''John W. Hinckley''' was the attempted assassin of [[President]] [[Ronald Reagan]].
On 30 March 1981, he fired six times at the President, who was leaving the Hilton Hotel in [[Washington D.C.]] Reagan suffered a serious chest wound, and also shot were the Press Secretary [[James Brady]], a police officer, and a [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agent. All of them survived. After his recovery, Reagans popularity increased.
Hinckley was tried in 1982, and found not guilty by reason of insanity. To this day he is held in a psychiatric hospital, but there is a push for his release.
[[category:United States History]]
'''John W. Hinckley''' was the attempted assassin of [[President]] [[Ronald Reagan]].
On 30 March 1981, he fired six times at the President, who was leaving the Hilton Hotel in [[Washington D.C.]] Reagan suffered a serious chest wound, and also shot were the Press Secretary [[James Brady]], a police officer, and a [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agent. All of them survived. After his recovery, Reagans popularity increased.
Hinckley was tried in 1982, and found not guilty by reason of insanity. To this day he is held in a psychiatric hospital, but there is a push for his release.
[[category:United States History]]