John Hinckley Jr. said he wanted to assassinate President Reagan to impress actress Jodie Foster. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982 and remains in custody.

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Reagan was leaving the Hilton in Washington, D.C., after an appearance when this photo was taken, moments before Hinckley opened fire.

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An unidentified Secret Service agent, automatic weapon drawn, shouts orders after shots were fired.

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The bullet that hit President Reagan glanced off the frame of his limousine before striking him. It wasn't immediately clear he'd been hit.

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Secret Service agents hustle the president into the limousine, which went directly to the hospital.

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Tumult immediately followed the shooting, which gravely injured Press Secretary James Brady and struck two others besides the president.

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Press Secretary James Brady lies wounded on the sidewalk as police and Secret Service agents wrestle John Hinckley Jr. to the ground.

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Secret Service Agent Timothy J. McCarthy is loaded into an ambulance after being hit in the chest by a bullet; he recovered and is now living outside Chicago. He remains the last Secret Service agent to have taken a bullet for the president.

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Presidential assistants James Baker, left, Edwin Meese III and Larry Speakes arrive at George Washington University Hospital to see Reagan.

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News of the shooting prompted extra newspaper editions in Tokyo and elsewhere around the world.

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The .22-caliber revolver used by Hinckley was displayed at his 1982 trial in Washington.

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One of the "Devastator" bullets used in the shooting.

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Hinckley holds a pistol to his own head in a Polaroid that was used as evidence in his trial.

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A crowd waits in a heavy rain outside George Washington University Hospital for word on Reagan's condition. Inside, he was famously cracking jokes, telling his surgeons, "I hope you're all Republicans."

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Two people hang a sign on a building near the George Washington University Medical Center on the day after Reagan's shooting.

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The White House staff poses for a get-well photo for Reagan, Brady, McCarthy and wounded police officer Tim Delahanty.

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After visiting Reagan in the hospital, Vice President George H.W. Bush gives the public a positive report.

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President Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan arrive at the White House after his release from the hospital on April 11, 1981, 12 days after the shooting.

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