John Hinckley Jr. called it "spooky" that the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner shooting occurred at the same hotel where he shot President Ronald Reagan.

Hinckley shot Ronald Reagan and three others outside the Washington Hilton 45 years before a gunman allegedly attempted to attack Donald Trump there during the White House Correspondents' Dinner

The shooting incident at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday (April 25) night has evoked memories of the attempted assassination of former US President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the Washington Hilton as shots rang out at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

When President Ronald Reagan left the Washington Hilton Hotel and headed for his waiting limousine on a gray March afternoon, he was exposed for mere seconds. That was all it took for a would-be

Saturday's incident happened at The Washington Hilton Hotel. This is the same where an assassination attempt was made at former President Ronald Reagan more than 40 years ago.

The Washington Hilton Hotel, where gunfire broke out Saturday night during a White House correspondents’ dinner attended by President Trump, was also the site of an attempted assassination that left President Ronald Reagan seriously wounded in 1981.