1. Timothy J McCarthy was born on June 20,1949 and is an American retired police officer and special agent of the US Secret Service.
17 Facts About Tim McCarthy
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Tim McCarthy is best known for defending then-president Ronald Reagan during the assassination attempt on Reagan's life on March 30,1981, in Washington, DC.
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Tim McCarthy stepped in front of President Reagan, taking a bullet to the chest, but made a full recovery.
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Tim McCarthy was born on June 20,1949, and was raised in Chicago's Ashburn neighborhood.
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Tim McCarthy then attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Tim McCarthy joined the Fighting Illini football team as a walk on in his freshman year.
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Tim McCarthy earned a football scholarship for his sophomore year and played as strong safety his junior year before an injury ended his college career.
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Tim McCarthy served 22 years in the United States Secret Service.
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Tim McCarthy's career included eight years assigned to the Presidential Protective Division in Washington, DC, and 14 years as a criminal investigator in Chicago.
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Tim McCarthy was the special agent in charge of the Secret Service Chicago Division from 1989 until his retirement in October 1993.
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Tim McCarthy was struck in the chest by the fourth bullet, the bullet traversing McCarthy's right lung, diaphragm, and right lobe of the liver.
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Tim McCarthy was taken to George Washington University Hospital, and was operated on near the president.
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Tim McCarthy became the Chief of the Orland Park Police Department in May 1994.
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Tim McCarthy ran an outsider campaign that took a law-enforcement approach to the Secretary of State's office including standardized DUI tests and easier to read license plates.
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Tim McCarthy later served as the corporate vice president of a security systems company, and appeared in speaking engagements at schools and conventions, where he related his experiences as a Secret Service Agent during the Reagan administration.
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On July 1,2020, Tim McCarthy announced his retirement effective August 1,2020.
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Tim McCarthy was interviewed in 2016 about the release of John Hinckley Jr.