Attempted Ronald Reagan Assassin John Hinckley Jr. Sells Out New York Concert

John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to assassinate then-President Ronald Reagan and wounded his press secretary James Brady in a shooting attack, has been developing his music career over the past years and has just announced that he sold out a concert in Brooklyn.

Hinckley became infamous in 1981 when he shot Reagen nonfatally after firing a revolver at him six times. Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity, primarily because his assassination attempt was driven by an obsession with the actress Jodie Foster, who he had been stalking for years at this point. He was likely trying to replicate events of the film Taxi Driver that Foster co-starred in, where the main character Travis Bickle attempted to assassinate a presidential candidate.