Reagan Would-Be Assassin John Hinckley Jr To Be Released

July 27th, 2016

The Hinckley-Bush-Reagan connection is one of the best coincidences of all time. I don’t know if I’ve dealt with it in the past on Cryptogon… so here it is, just in case.

AP 1981: Bush Son Had Dinner Plans With Hinckley Brother Before Shooting

Via: BBC:

John Hinckley Jr, the man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan, is to be released from a psychiatric hospital next month after 35 years.

Mr Reagan and three others were injured in the shooting outside a hotel in Washington in March 1981.

Mr Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity but was sent for treatment to a Washington hospital.

He has already been spending 17 days a month at his mother’s home in Virginia under strict conditions.

A judge ruled that Mr Hinckley, now 61, could reside full-time there on “convalescent leave” from 5 August.

3 Responses to “Reagan Would-Be Assassin John Hinckley Jr To Be Released”

  1. Dennis says:

    I’m sure they don’t plan to let him run around the country in the lead-up to the election.

  2. Kevin says:

    *chortle* I didn’t say it, but I was hoping someone would…

  3. Kevin says:

    Hinckley’s release at this interesting time could be a sort of coded warning. Let me put it that way.

    I’m going to go ahead and close comments on this because this is an area where people and organizations who are at war with Cryptogon try to cause trouble.