John Hinckley Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Hinckley Jr.

American attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan

Date of Birth: 29-May-1955

Place of Birth: Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States

Profession: criminal

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

John Warnock Hinckley Jr.
(born May 29, 1955) is an American man who, on March 30, 1981, attempted to assassinate U.S.
President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C.
He wounded Reagan with a bullet from a revolver that ricocheted and hit Reagan in the chest.
He also wounded police officer Thomas Delahanty and Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy, and critically wounded Press Secretary James Brady, who was permanently disabled in the shooting and died as a result of his injuries 33 years later, on August 4, 2014.
Brady's death was subsequently ruled a homicide. Hinckley was reported to have been driven by an obsessive fixation on actress Jodie Foster.
He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and remained under institutional psychiatric care until September 2016.
Public outcry over the verdict led to the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984, which altered the rules for consideration of mental illness of defendants in Federal Criminal Court proceedings in the United States.
He was released from institutional psychiatric care on September 10, 2016.