3/30/1981 page 15

 3/30/1981 page 15 by ric gustafson

As Agent Parr nudged President Reagan toward the open rear door of the limo, Hinckley Jr knew it was now or never. Nobody was paying attention to him. He pulled the gun from his pocket. He crouched. He gripped the gun's handle with both hands. He aimed. He pulled the trigger.

The first bullet hit Reagan's press secretary Jim Brady. The bullet smashed into his head. He fell close to Hinckley Jr. The second bullet hit Officer Thomas Delahanty. He was hit in the back. The third bullet went over Reagan's head. The fourth bullet hit Agent Tim McCarthy. He was hit in the chest. The fifth bullet hit the door of the limousine. Nobody knew what happened to the sixth bullet?.

Agent Parr threw President Reagan into the back of the limousine. It sped off toward the George Washington University Hospital. When it arrived, Reagan hobbled into the hospital. He complained of not being able to breathe. He was led to the trauma bay. They noticed blood on the President's left hand.

A surgical resident named G Wesley Price noticed the small slit in the President's skin. It was half an inch long. It was five inches below Reagan's left armpit.

It was bullet number six.

The President had been shot.

The End.

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