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Lily Waddell

Man who shot Ronald Reagan fully freed from court oversight after 41 years

John Hinckley Jr. pictured in 2003 arriving at US District Court in Washington

(Picture: AP)

The man who shot then-US president Ronald Reagan has been released without conditions in compliance with a federal judge’s order on Wednesday.

John Hinckley was 25 when he wounded the former president and three others in a 1981 assassination attempt outside a Washington hotel. Reagan quickly recovered after the attack but his press secretary Jim Brady was left with permanent disabilities.

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