Trump's assassination attempt echoes the 1981 shooting of Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan was the last president to be shot in an assassination attempt earlier donald trump he was beaten in a rally pennsylvania on Saturday.

As he left the Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC on March 30, 1981, Reagan was shot several times and wounded when a bullet ricocheted off a vehicle and struck him under the left armpit.

Then-President Reagan spent 12 days at George Washington University Hospital before returning white house.

Trump, while not currently the president of the United States, is the first to be shot in an assassination attempt since that day in 1981.

The White House released this photograph taken at the Capitol Hilton seconds before President Reagan was shot

Donald Trump grabs his ear while being targeted by a gunman

The gunman has died, according to law enforcement.

The former president and this year's presumptive Republican presidential nominee was speaking at a rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday when several pops were heard before Trump grabbed his ear and hid behind the podium.

Several members of Trump's Secret Service came to protect him and escort him off stage.

A resilient Trump immediately stood up and raised his fist as blood streamed down the side of his face.

An assassination attempt on President Reagan resulted in his press secretary, James Brady, being shot in the head. A police officer and a Secret Service agent were also injured

Reagan's would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr

Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by Secret Service agents

The only other unsuccessful assassination attempt on a US president before Reagan was Theodore Roosevelt.

Three and a half years after leaving office he was shot while campaigning in 1912 as a member of the Progressive Party.