Homicide Watch D.C.

When James Brady, the former press secretary wounded in an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, died this week at age 73, it opened the possibility that John Hinckley Jr. could be charged with murder. A jury acquitted Hinckley for the original shooting, finding him not guilty by reason of insanity. He remains institutionalized at … Read more →

James Brady, 73, died Monday as a result of a gunshot wound sustained during the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, MPD announced Friday. An autopsy determined the cause of death to be “a gunshot wound and consequences thereof,” and the manner of death was ruled a homicide, according to the press release. After his … Read more →