Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in San Francisco information
1975 assassination attempt by Sara Jane Moore
For the assassination attempt by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme three weeks earlier, see Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in Sacramento.
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; 48 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 when 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.
^O’Rourke, Tim (2016-09-23). "Chronicle Covers: The SF assassination attempt on President Ford". www.sfchronicle.com. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
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