James S Brady

Death by Force

James S. Brady, who was 40 years old at the time, was critically injured on March 30, 1981, during an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. Brady, who served as Reagan's press secretary, was shot in the head by John Hinckley Jr., a 25-year-old man from Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Hinckley fired six shots, hitting Reagan, Brady, a police officer, and a Secret Service agent. The shooting left Brady partially paralyzed and confined to a ...Read More

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