Hilton Regan's Assassination of Jody Foster

john hinkley wanted to kill then president jimmy carter. He felt that a political assassination would help convince jody foster of his love for her So when hinkley arrived at the rope line on monday afternoon he was carrying a 22 caliber revolver loaded with six bullets, specially designed to explode on impact. Six shots erupted in quick succession The first shot struck press secretary brady in the head A third shot sailed wide the fourth bullet struck secret service agent mccarthy in the chest and two more shots would follow. In all the chaos and confusion no one yet knew whether the president had been hit. Agent pore now had a critical decision to make Standard protocol for any assassination