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In this interview, John Hinckley Jr. recounts the moments surrounding the March 30, 1981 assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton Hotel, where President Ronald Reagan had just finished speaking at a labor conference. Speaking with Vlad, Hinckley describes arriving by cab, standing in the crowd with a .22 caliber revolver, and firing six shots in seconds as Reagan exited the building.
The conversation covers how Reagan was wounded by a ricocheted bullet, while Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, D.C. officer Thomas Delahanty, and White House Press Secretary James Brady were also shot. Hinckley reflects on Brady’s severe brain injury, his 2014 death later ruled a homicide, and the lasting consequences of the attack. He also discusses his fixation on actress Jodie Foster, the letter he left before the shooting, and his state of mind during his arrest.
