User:Todd M. Miller/Jimmy Carter assassination attempts

James Carter Assassination Attempts On May 5, 1979, Carter was the target of Raymond Lee Harvey, a mentally ill transient, who was found with a starter pistol awaiting the President's Cinco de Mayo speech at the Civic Center Mall in Los Angeles, and claimed to be part of a four-man assassination attempt. Charges against Harvey and an accused accomplice were ultimately dismissed for a lack of evidence.