Thomas Delehanty
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Thomas K. Delehanty (born c. 1934 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department officer who was wounded during the assassination attempt on U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981, in Washington, D.C. Reagan, White House Press Secretary James Brady, and Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy were also wounded in the crossfire. Delehanty was shot in the back by the third of John Hinckley, Jr.'s six bullets, and he fell to the ground next to Brady (who had been seriously wounded in the head). President Reagan was shoved into a limousine and rushed to hospital with astonishing speed, while Hinckley was simultaneously tackled to the ground by police and secret service agents who then forced him into a police car.
Delehanty was treated at the George Washington University Hospital and made a full recovery from his injuries. The 17-year veteran of the police force later retired on full disability pension. Very little subsequent information about Delehanty's life has emerged, and his personal background has been kept private.
