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. Later in that same month the President was again targeted for assassination, this time by a political activist named Sara Jane Moore. On September 22, 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 only received minor wounds. Moore was apprehended by the secret service before she could fire another shot. The two assassination attempts were not found to have been related. Both women were found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison.
