Who is John Hinckley Jr. father John Warnock Hinckley Sr.?

John Warnock Hinckley Jr. shot Reagan, police officer Thomas Delahanty, and Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy with a.22 caliber pistol.

He seriously injured Press Secretary James Brady, who was permanently handicapped in the shooting and died 33 years later from his injuries.

This piece talks about his father, John Warnock Hinckley

Who is John Hinckley Jr. father John Warnock Hinckley Sr.?

John Warnock Hinckley Sr. was an accomplished entrepreneur.

He had 3 children; Scott Hinckley, Diane Hinckley, and John Hinckley.

He owned a tiny independent oil and gas firm 11 years ago that almost went bankrupt before turning around and posting $4.9 million in sales last year.

According to the 1980 annual report, Hinckley founded Vanderbilt in Texas in 1970 with $120,000 from a small group of “nervous friends and acquaintances and a lot of faith.” According to the Journal, the firm lacked drilling leases and personnel.

Vanderbilt almost collapsed in 1973 and 1974 when the insurer of its drilling program went bankrupt, leaving the business ‘critically overextended,’ according to the annual report.