John Hinckley, the man who shot and nearly killed President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has asked the world to choose peace over violence after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Officials have determined that the man who attempted to assassinate former President Ronald Reagan in 1981 should be freed from court-imposed restrictions placed on him since 2016. Lawyers met in ...

The man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan will be allowed to leave a Washington mental hospital and live full-time in Virginia, a judge has ruled.

The would-be assassin of President Ronald Reagan will walk free next year, a federal judge ruled Monday.

Hinckley fired five or six shots at Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981, as Mr. Reagan was walking to his limousine after addressing a labor convention. The president was hit in the chest.

A federal judge says John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, is “no longer a danger to himself or others” and will be freed from court oversight this month as planned.

Ronald Reagan's Near-Fatal Shooting Revisited 30 Years Later Reflections of those who were there and helped saved the president's life.

The famous courtroom sketches of John Hinckley Jr., President Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin, are back in public and up for auction this week.

Tim McCarthy, who in 1981 defended then-President Ronald Reagan from a gunman, gave his assessment of the shooting to WGN-TV.

In Rawhide Down, journalist Del Quentin Wilber offers new information about the March 1981 day that President Ronald Reagan was shot in Washington, D.C. Wilber and Jerry Parr, the head of Reagan's ...

Donald Trump’s courageous response to the assassination attempt on him is reminiscent of how former President Ronald Reagan deftly responded after getting shot — and Americans will admi… ...