Trump assassination attempt echoes Ronald Reagan shooting in 1981
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Ronald Reagan was the last president to be shot in an assassination attempt before Donald Trump was hit at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
When leaving the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1981, Reagan was shot at several times and wounded when one bullet ricocheted off a vehicle and struck him under the left armpit.
Then-President Reagan spent 12 days at George Washington University Hospital before returning to the White House.
Trump, while not currently the U.S. president, is the first to be shot in an assassination attempt since that day in 1981.
This photo taken by presidential photographer Mike Evens on March 30, 1981 shows police and Secret Service agents reacting during the assassination attempt on then US president Ronald Reagan
The White House released this photograph made at the Capitol Hilton seconds before President Reagan was shot
Donald Trump grabs his ear as he is targeted by a gunman
The gunman is dead, according to law enforcement.
The former president and this year’s presumed Republican presidential nominee was speaking at a rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday when several pops were heard before Trump grabbed his ear and ducked behind the podium.
Several members of Trump’s Secret Service detail came to shield and escort him off stage.
A resilient Trump immediately got to his feet and held up his fist as blood streaked down the side of his face.
An assassination attempt on President Reagan resulted in his press secretary, James Brady, being shot in the head. A police officer and secret service agent were also wounded
Would-be Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr
Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents
The only other unsuccessful assassination attempt against a U.S. president before Reagan was Theodore Roosevelt.
Three-and-a-half years after leaving office he was shot while campaigning in 1912 as a member of the Progressive Party.
