Ronald Reagan Shooter John Hinckley to Receive Unconditional Release

John Hinckley Jr. arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Court in Washington on Nov. 19, 2003. Brendan Smialowski/Reuters

The man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 will be released unconditionally, a federal judge ruled on Sept. 27.

John Hinckley Jr., 66, opened fire on Reagan in Washington outside the Hilton Hotel, wounding the president, his press secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent, and a police officer. No one was killed, but Brady was left paralyzed and died in 2014.