While speaking in Sacramento, California on September 5, 1975, President Ford was targeted for assassination. The would-be assassin, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of convicted mass-murderer Charles Manson, aimed a loaded pistol at the President, but was disarmed by a Secret Service agent before she could fire. On September 22, the President was again targeted for assassination, this time by a political activist named Sara Jane Moore. Moore fired a pistol at the President as he was leaving the lobby of a San Francisco hotel. The bullet missed the President and hit a by-stander who received minor wounds. Moore was apprehended by the Secret Service before she could fire another shot.
