He had shot the president in an apparent bid to impress the actress Jodie Foster, with whom he had an obsession and whom he had subjected to what would now be termed stalking. A Secret Service Agent and a Washington DC police officer were also hit but sustained only minor injuries. A Washington, D.C. policeman, Thomas Delahanty, lies to the left after also being shot.
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Mr Reagan suffered a punctured lung but recovered quickly.
Ronald Reagan moments before the shooting. Reagan survived but not before a quick decision to take him to the hospital. Hinckley then proceeded to reenact a scene from the film in which the main character attempts to assassinate a senator running for president.
The Reagan shooter is being released some time today, Saturday September 10, The New York Times reports. The now 61-year-old has moved back in with his 90-year-old mother in Williamsburg, Virginia.
The Associated Press reported Hinckley will have to work or volunteer at least three days a week. You would think shooting and nearly killing the president would get someone locked up for the rest of their lives, either behind prison bars or in a mental institution, but today, we must show “compassion” for the would-be assassin and allow him to go home to his mother. According to the Washington Post, Hinckley has already spent some time outside the Washington psychiatric hospital where he has resided for years, spending “more than half” of his days at his mother’s residence. Reagan later forgave Hinckley.
Levine was not immediately available for comment when contacted by AFP.
After 35 years in a psychiatric hospital, John Hinckley Jr.is a free man. One died two years [James Brady] ago from the wounds he received.
The judge imposed dozens of conditions on Hinckley’s release.
Daughter Patti Reagan Davis wrote on her website in 2015 that “I hope the doctors are right when they say that John Hinckley isn’t a danger to anyone, but something in me feels they are wrong”.
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Hinckley has slowly gained some freedoms since he was incarcerated. A federal judge granted his request for convalescent leave in July.
