Planned concert by John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Reagan in 1981, canceled even as Hinckley was freed from federal court oversight, the venue says.
NEW YORK — A planned concert by John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has been canceled even as Hinckley wasThe Market Hotel in Brooklyn cited “very real and worsening threats and hate” in its announcementThe now 67-year-old Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the March 30, 1981, shooting of Reagan in Washington.
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