More than four decades after the then–US President Ronald Reagan survived an assassination attempt at the Washington Hilton hotel, a similar scene of panic unfolded at the same venue on Saturday night.
The venue for the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the Washington Hilton, is sometimes colloquially referred to by locals as the “Hinckley Hilton,” a reference to the March 30, 1981, shooting of Reagan. During that incident, John Hinckley Jr fired six shots at Reagan in a matter of seconds.
