| Gerald Ford assassination attempt in San Francisco | |
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 Photograph taken one second after the assassination attempt. From this vantage point, Ford is standing directly behind the man wearing the spotted necktie. | |
| Location | On Post Street in front of St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 37°47′18″N 122°24′31″W / 37.7883°N 122.4087°W |
| Date | September 22, 1975 3:30 p.m. (PDT) |
| Target | Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States |
Attack type | Attempted assassination by gunshot |
| Weapon | .38 Special revolver |
| Deaths | None |
| Injured | John Ludwig |
| Perpetrator | Sara Jane Moore |
| Defenders | Oliver Sipple, Timothy Hettrich, San Francisco Police Department, United States Secret Service |
In San Francisco on September 22, 1975, Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford, after he had made an address to the World Affairs Council.[1] Moore fired two shots at President Ford with a .38 Special revolver, both of which missed.[2][3] Ford had survived a previous assassination attempt 17 days earlier; after this second attempt, he wore a bulletproof trench coat while out in public. On January 15, 1976, Moore was sentenced to life in prison for the attempt, and was released on parole on December 31, 2007.
- ^ O’Rourke, Tim (2016-09-23). "Chronicle Covers: The SF assassination attempt on President Ford". www.sfchronicle.com. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ^ "Ford target of assassination try". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. September 23, 1975. p. 1.
- ^ "Ford's assailant was known 'security risk'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. September 23, 1975. p. 1A.