A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously wounded by John Hinckley Jr. outside a Washington, D.C.

Today David Boze speaks live with Dr. Drew Scheele of Bellingham, who was one of the doctors who worked to save the life of President Ronald Reagan after his attempted assassination 30 years ago today ...

Brady was shot in head in 1981 assassination attempt on Reagan. — -- James Brady, the former press secretary of President Ronald Reagan and ardent gun control advocate, died today at age 73.

"The first thing I saw was just a man -- who was in dire straits." With John Hinckley's bullet still lodged in his chest, President Ronald Reagan was rushed to George Washington University Hospital, ...