Hinckley Stalks Carter

October 2, 1980

John Hinckley, Jr. manages to get within 6 feet of U.S. President Jimmy Carter at a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio. A week later, he was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee on a weapons charge. Carter was in Nashville campaigning at the time. It is believed Hinckley intended to assassinate Carter in an attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster, whom he had developed an obsession with. The following March, he attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan, shooting the President, James Brady, and two others.