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Assassination Attempt / Aftermath / Hinckley #515978

NBC Evening News for Tuesday, Mar 31, 1981
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(Studio) Suspected assassin John Hinckley, on Valium while held at Quantico, Virginia, Marine base, said undergoing psychiatric examination.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(DC) Possible link between Hinckley's shooting and his obsession with actress and Yale student Jodie Foster examined; "People" magazine photos shown. Consideration said given to Hinckley possibly fashioning his behavior after Robert DeNiro's role in "Taxi Driver", also featuring Foster, discussed. Foster's response mentioned.
REPORTER: Carl Stern

(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(Evergreen, Colorado) Family's reaction to Hinckley's actions examined; films shown. Hinckley's activities here outlined. [WOMAN - regrets region's notoriety.] Hinckley's application for employment at local newspaper shown.
REPORTER: Jim Cummins

(Dallas, Texas) Hinckley's purchase of gun from Rocky Goldstein's pawn shop discussed. [GOLDSTEIN expresses-concern over incident.] Suspect's experience at Texas Tech in Lubbock considered. [Prof. Otto NELSON - recalls Hinckley as student.] Psychological profile of Hinckley mentioned.
REPORTER: Sandy Gilmour (KCBD-TV newstape)

(Studio) Hinckley's expulsion from National Socialist party, neo-Nazi organization, described.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

Reporter(s):
Chancellor, John;
Cummins, Jim;
Stern, Carl
Duration:
00:05:10

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