John Hinckley Jr., who tried to kill President Ronald Reagan, said Friday he has scheduled a music performance and urged people to buy tickets.
The president had just finished addressing a labor meeting at the Washington Hilton Hotel and was walking with his entourage to his limousine when Hinckley, standing among a group of reporters, fired six shots at the president, hitting Reagan and three of his attendants.The president was shot in the left lung, and the .22 caliber bullet just missed his heart.
Hinckley was eventually found not guilty by reason of insanity and lived for over three decades in a psychiatric institution. “In 2016, Hinckley moved in with his mother in Virginia and, two years later, left to live on his own,” the
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