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Agent who took a bullet for Reagan reacts to shooter being released

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Agent who took a bullet for Reagan reacts to shooter being released

Agent who took a bullet for Reagan reacts to shooter being released

John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot then President Ronald Reagan, is to be released from all court oversight if he continues to remain mentally stable over the next year.

Former Secret Service Agent Tim McCarthy speaks to CNN’s John Berman about the judge’s decision.


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This Day in History: , President Reagan Is Shot. March 30, 1981. Outside of a Washington D.C. hotel, 25-year-old John Hinckley Jr. fired six shots at the president, hitting him once in the chest. Press Secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and D.C. policeman Thomas Delahaney were also hit. As Hinckley was overpowered, Reagan was rushed to the trauma center at George Washington University Hospital. As he was prepared for surgery, Reagan quipped to First Lady Nancy, "Honey, I forgot to duck.". The president returned to the White House less than two weeks later. Found "not guilty by reason of insanity," Hinkley was institutionalized until 2016 and now lives in Colonial Williamsburg, PA

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