Ronald Reagan/Assassination attempt
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Attempted assassination, (Reagan), attempted homicide, (Tim McCarthy and Delahanty), shootingAttempted assassination, (Reagan), attempted homicide, (Tim McCarthy and Delahanty), shootingWashington DC
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| Date | March 30, 1981 |
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| Location | Washington DC |
| Type | Attempted assassination, (Reagan), attempted homicide, (Tim McCarthy and Delahanty), shooting |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured (non-fatal) | 4 |
| Description | An assassination attempt was made against Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981. |
| Blamed on | John Hinckley |
Official narrative
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Anatomy Of An Assassination Attempt
The official narrative is that a "lone nut", John Hinckley, Jr. carried it out in an effort to impress actress Jodie Foster. Mark Gorton and others have suggested that it was a plot to assume full political control of the presidency by Reagan's vice president, George H. W. Bush.[1]
Concerns
The first point to note is that Hinckley's family were well known to the Bush family.[2]