John Hinckley released from mental hospital
WASHINGTON — John Hincklye, the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, has been released from a Washington mental hospital, more than 35 years after the shooting.
A spokeswoman for the District of Columbia’s Department of Mental Health said early Saturday that all patients scheduled to leave St. Elizabeths Hospital had been discharged.
An Associated Press reporter saw a hired car pull into the driveway of the Hinckley home in Williamsburg, Va., at around 2:30 p.m. Officers from the Kingsmill Police Department chased reporters away.
A federal judge ruled in late July that the 61-year-old Hinckley is not a danger to himself or the public and can live full time at his mother’s home in Williamsburg.
Hinckley had already been visiting Williamsburg for long stretches at a time and preparing for the full-time transition.
