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Photos: 35 years ago: Reagan assassination attempt

President Reagan waves and then looks up before being shoved into the President's limousine by secret service agents after being shot outside a Washington hotel Monday, March 30, 1981. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President Reagan waves and then looks up before being shoved into the President’s limousine by secret service agents after being shot outside a Washington hotel Monday, March 30, 1981. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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President Reagan waves and then looks up before being shoved into the President's limousine by secret service agents after being shot outside a Washington hotel Monday, March 30, 1981. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
U.S. President Ronald Reagan looks to his left and holds up his left arm as a secret service agent places a hand on his shoulder and pushes the President into his limousine after he was shot leaving a Washington hotel, Monday, March 30, 1981. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Officers with guns drawn rush towards assassin John Hinckley, not shown, after he fired his weapon hitting President Ronald Reagan, Officer Delahanty, and Secret Service Agent Tim McCarthy after a Washington hotel, D.C., March 30, 1981.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
In this March 30, 1981 file photo released by the White House, White House press secretary James Brady, face down at right, and Washington, D.C., police officer Thomas Delahanty, front, lie on the ground after being wounded during the assassination attempt on President Reagan as he was leaving the Washington Hilton, March 30, 1981. (AP Photo/White House, Michael Evans)
President Reagan waves, then looks up before being shoved into Presidential limousine by Secret Service agents after being shot outside a Washington hotel Monday, March 30, 1981. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
White House press secretary James Brady lies wounded on the sidewalk outside a Washington hotel after being shot during an assassination attempt on U.S. President Ronald Reagan on Monday, March 30, 1981. In the background secret service agents and police wrestle the alleged assailant to the ground. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
An unidentified secret agent, automatic weapon drawn, yells orders after shots were fired at President Ronald Reagan Monday, March 30, 1981, outside a Washington hotel. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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