Today's shooting at same location as 1981 attempt on Reagan's life
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Three people were wounded during the 1981 attempt on Ronald Reagan's life.
Today's shooting incident took place at the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Avenue - the same hotel in which Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in 1981.
That shooting took place on 30 March 1981, when the culprit, John Hinckley Jr, shot at Reagan as he was returning to his limousine after a speaking engagement inside the hotel.
Reagan survived, but was seriously wounded by a bullet that ricocheted off the side of a presidential limousine and hit him in the torso, breaking a rib and puncturing one of his lungs. He was rushed to the nearby George Washington University Hospital, and was eventually released on 11 April.
The then-White House Press Secretary, James Brady, was wounded in the same incident, as was a Secret Service agent and a local Metropolitan Police Department officer.
Brady suffered brain damage during he incident and was left disabled for the rest of his life. His injuries plagued him for the rest of his life and contributed to his death in 2014.
The following year, Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity, but was confined to a high-security portion of Washington's St Elizabeth's Hospital until being discharged in 2016.
A plaque still marks the scene of the shooting on the side of the hotel.
