Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in San Francisco

Gerald Ford assassination attempt in San Francisco
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, United States
Date	September 22, 1975; 49 years ago (1975-09-22) 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	0
Injured	John Ludwig
Perpetrator	Sara Jane Moore
Defenders	Oliver Sipple, Timothy Hettrich, San Francisco Police Department, United States Secret Service

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. Ford had survived a previous assassination attempt 17 days earlier, and after the second attempt President Ford would wear a bulletproof trench coat while out in public. On January 15, 1976, Moore was sentenced to life in prison for the attempt, and on December 31, 2007, was released on parole.