United States. In 1981, Reagan had been shot in front of the same hotel

On March 30, 1981, the then American president, Ronald Reagan, was the target of an assassination attempt in front of the Hilton Hotel in Washington.

On that day, the Republican was returning to his limousine after a speech when a man emerged from the crowd and fired six shots with a revolver. The fortieth president of the United States was hit in the lung before the shooter was subdued.

Three other people were injured in the attack: a bodyguard, White House spokesperson James Brady, and a police officer. Following the attack, James Brady remained partially paralyzed, requiring the use of a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He passed away 33 years later in 2014, ten years after Ronald Reagan, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 92.

Not a particularly secure building

The trial of the presumed shooter, John Hinckley, took place the following year. It confirmed premeditation, but the defendant was declared not guilty by reason of insanity.

The Hilton Hotel in Washington, where a gala dinner attended by Donald Trump was taking place, was criticized by the American president as not being “particularly secure.” He did acknowledge that the security was “very secure,” noting that the shooter was stopped before entering the main reception hall where he was located.