the head, he hits the ground. the second shot hits d. c. police officer, he falls to the ground. fourth shot hit him mccarthy, secret service agent, who turned in took a shot in the vest, without a vest. i remember yelling. they said, i don t think so. did you see john hinckley outside of the hotel? i saw police on top of a man, had wrestled him to the ground and i couldn t really see anything. we looked at footage from that day with del wilbert. that s a secret savers agent with the aussie. that s hinckley, so they re hustling them over to this car. president reagan son, ron, was in lincoln, nebraska when he was told about the shooting. i see you across the room coming towards me and the very quietly told my wife that shots of environ. they didn t think he was hit.
brady had a catastrophic brain injury. mccarthy shot in the liver. delia hannity, a bullet lodged near his spine. and the president, with one lodged only an inch from his heart. how close did you come to dying? a couple minutes of dying. meanwhile, the man who shot him was in the custody of the washington, d. c. police. retired homicide detective, eddie myers, was the first person to question angrily. more than 38 years since that day, this is his first national television interview. he looked like a college student. he didn t seem to fit the profile of what i thought a presidential assassin would be like. what was john hinckley s demeanor when you are about to begin your interview? he seemed matter-of-factly, like this wasn t a big deal. meyers said higbee told him his name, his parents address and the room number at the
crowd of reporters and bystanders from the president. in that crowd, a sandy blonde hail 25-year-old named john hinckley junior. moments later [noise] it sounded like firecrackers. you knew in an instant that it couldn t be. you then assumed it was a gun. he unleashes six shots and 1. 7 seconds. everybody yelled, get down, get down! all i saw was a jumble of people, shoving the president. i couldn t tell who else into a car. he seemed to shoot recklessly, almost randomly, in reagan s direction. all three network set camera crews at the event, which later allowed reporters to break down every horrifying moment. first shot his jim brady in
violence, mental illness and confinement. this is a violently insane person, so you need to put him somewhere where he can harm anybody. no one would guess it now, but the senior citizen casually walking around town is an infamous figure, a man who once tried to kill the president of the united states over a movie star. john hinckley junior. today, after being institutionalized for more than three decades, he is pretty much a free man. it was a rainy spring monday in washington, d. c., just a few months after ronald reagan was elected president. march 30th, 1981, 70 days
decision their verdict will leave the nation outraged. coming up you are confident that jurors were going to see things your way? yes, i didn t for a moment think it would be otherwise. the jury speaks. to say america was shocked by the verdict is an understatement. and then hinckley makes a connection with a serial killer. when dateline continues. feeling better? on top of the worlddddd!!! before advil. advil targets pain at the source of inflammation. when pain comes for you, come back fast with advil liqui-gels. ready to feel what it s like? when you can du more with less asthma. it s possible with dupixent. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it s an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. and can help improve lung function