US judge frees Reagan attacker John Hinckley

WASHINGTON: John hinckley Jr., the man who attempted to kill President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and shot three other individuals, will be liberated following 35 years and discharged to live with his mom, a U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday.

U.S. Area Judge Paul Friedman, in a request initially reported by the Washington Post, said Hinckley no more represented a threat to himself or others and could be discharged from a legislature psychiatric healing facility.