1982 Photo Contest, Spot News, 1st prize
Photographer

Ron Edmonds

The Associated Press

30 March, 1981

James Brady, President Ronald Reagan's press secretary lies wounded outside a hotel after being shot. Secret service agents and police wrestle the alleged gunman John Warnock Hinckley Jr. to the ground. In the attempted assassination, six shots were fired at President Reagan, who was hit in the chest.

About the photographer

Ron Edmonds

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