attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan

When

30 Mar 1981

Kind

Murder

Killed

1

Coordinates

38.92° N, 77.05° W

Description

1981 shooting of US President Ronald Reagan and murder of then White House Press Secretary James Brady

Injured

3

1981 shooting in Washington, D.C., U.S.

On March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan, the president of the United States, was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. outside of the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., as Reagan was returning to his limousine after a speaking engagement at the hotel. Hinckley believed the attack would impress the actress Jodie Foster, with whom he had developed an erotomanic obsession after viewing her in the 1976 film Taxi Driver.

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