John Hinckley Jr, who took a shot at President Ronald Reagan in 1981 hoping to kill him, bill be freed from a mental hospital to live full time in Virginia with his mother, the AP reports.
“Doctors have said for years that the now 61-year-old Hinckley, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting, is no longer plagued by the mental illness that drove him to shoot Reagan.”
Breaking News: John Hinckley, Jr., the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, will be freed. pic.twitter.com/mV89wA27cg
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