President Reagan Shot Outside Washington Hotel - This Day in History – Mar 30th

Back in 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot by in the chest by assailant John Hinkley, Jr. while leaving the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.  President Reagan was not the only person injured in this shooting, Press Secretary James Brady suffered severe head injured that would cause a permanent disability.  Additionally, a policeman and Secret Service agent where shot as well.  No one died from this incident. 

According to history.com, “In the years after the shooting, Reagan also recalled an ominous and prophetic visit he had made before the attempt on his life to the same theater in which Abraham Lincoln had been shot. While at the theater Reagan had mused that although presidential security had greatly improved since Lincoln's time, it was still possible for someone who had enough determination to get close enough to a president to shoot him.  The assailant Hinckley, who acted alone, confessed a bizarre reason for the shooting--Hinckley was obsessed with the actress Jodie Foster and claimed he shot the president in order to impress her. Hinckley was arrested, judged not guilty by reason of insanity and placed in a mental hospital, where he remains today.”

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