Attempted assassination of the President spawns Secret Service response
Secret Service said no prior knowledge of Hinckley before the incident as agents and police detained the attacker after multiple shots were fired at the president. Investigators recovered a .22 caliber revolver from the scene and traced a purchase at Rocky's Pawn Shop in Dallas. Hinckley’s parents, conservative Denver area residents, faced heightened scrutiny as authorities sealed their Evergreen home and questioned relatives.
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The 43 minute hearing saw John Hinckley silent with head in hands as attorneys debated press exclusion. FBI Director William Webster attended. Hinckley to be evaluated in a psychiatric facility. Federal sources note guns were two .22 revolvers and a .38. Hinckley bought them in Dallas for 47 dollars each. His father, Hugh Hinckley Sr., was with family in Denver later. Hinckley had been expelled from the National Socialist Party of America in 1979 for harmful intent.
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Hinckley Gunman Linked to Nazi Group Exiled in 1979
The assailant, Hinckley, described as a quiet Texas native, was expelled from Chicago’s National Socialist Party of America for wanting to shoot and blow things up. Born May 3, 1955 in Ardmore Oklahoma, he grew up in Texas and later moved through Denver and Chicago. President Reagan was shot but not fatally wounded. Vice President Bush chaired a White House response as doctors operated to remove a lung wound.
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