John Hinckley Jr. plays his guitar in Williamsburg, Virginia, on September 14, 2022. More than four decades after John Hinckley shot Ronald Reagan, the man who was acquitted of the crime on an insanity defense and subsequently hospitalized for 34 years is fully free.
But the one thing he wants most after decades of treatments and years of conditional release still eludes him: a guitarist and songwriter, Hinckley longs to play a live concert.,Image: 728466200, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Maggy DONALDSON "Four decades after shooting Reagan, John Hinckley seeks redemption through music", Model Release: no
September 10, 2016 - JOHN HINCKLEY JR, the man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has been released from a psychiatric hospital after 35 years. Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity but was sent for treatment to a Washington hospital. In July, a judge ruled that Mr Hinckley, now 61, was not a danger to himself or the public. Pictured: March 1981 John Hinckley, Jr., FBI Mugshot.,Image: 295187455, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no
September 10, 2016 - JOHN HINCKLEY JR, the man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan, has been released from a psychiatric hospital after 35 years. Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity but was sent for treatment to a Washington hospital. In July, a judge ruled that Mr Hinckley, now 61, was not a danger to himself or the public. Pictured: March 30, 1981 - Washington, DC - Assassination attempt on U.S. President Reagan outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Secret Service Agents grab assassin John Warnock Hinckley Jr., moments after he fired his gun.,Image: 173023092, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no
