James Brady, 73, died at a retirement community in Alexandria, Virginia; the Virginia medical examiner ruled his death a homicide tied to injuries he suffered more than three decades earlier. The fatal injury was the gunshot wound to his head from March 30, 1981, when John Hinckley Jr. opened fire outside the Washington Hilton Hotel during the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. The 22-caliber revolver shot shattered Brady’s skull, caused significant brain damage, and required hours of surgery and many subsequent operations.

Those injuries left Brady with partial paralysis, slurred speech, short-term memory impairment, and chronic pain; he and his wife later became prominent advocates for gun control and lent their name to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. After the medical examiner’s ruling, prosecutors said they would review whether new charges could be brought; no arrest was announced. Does anyone have information about Brady’s medical course or the long-term effects of his 1981 injuries?