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John Warnock Hinckley Jr. was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma [5] [6] and moved with his wealthy family to Dallas, Texas at the age of four. His father was John Warnock Hinckley Sr. (1925–2008), founder, chairman, chief executive and president of the Vanderbilt Energy Corporation. [7] His mother was Jo Ann Hinckley (née Moore; 1925–2021). [8]
Hinckley, now 67, shot Reagan as the president was exiting a Washington hotel on March 30, 1981. ... 1981, by John Hinckley Jr. outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Getty Images ...
No upcoming concerts for John Hinckley Jr., it seems. In his first television interview since his unconditional release this month, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in an attempted ...
John W. Hinckley, Jr. doesn’t want to talk about the day he tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan outside the Washington, D.C., Hilton in 1981.. He doesn’t want to talk about how one of the six ...
On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. opened fire on President Ronald Reagan as he exited the Washington Hilton Hotel after giving a speech, firing six bullets in 1.7 seconds. [10] As Special Agent In Charge Jerry Parr quickly pushed Reagan into the limousine, McCarthy put himself in the line of fire and spread his body in front of Reagan to ...
John Hinckley Jr. had erotomania and his motivation for the attack was born of his obsession with the then-child actress Jodie Foster.While living in Hollywood in the late 1970s, he saw the film Taxi Driver at least 15 times, apparently identifying strongly with its protagonist, Travis Bickle, portrayed by the actor Robert De Niro.
John Hinckley Jr. says he cannot — and does not want to — remember what led him to try to assassinate then-President Reagan in 1981.
U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman in Washington said during a 90-minute court hearing that he’ll issue his ruling on the plan this week.