Editing Tim McCarthy (section)

{{Short description|Former United States Secret Service special agent (born 1949)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image          = Tim McCarthy biopic.png
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| caption = McCarthy in 1981, moments before the shooting
| birth_name     = Timothy J. McCarthy
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1949|06|20}} 
| birth_place    = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date     =   
| death_place    = 
| occupation     = [[United States Secret Service#Special Agent|Secret Service special agent]]<br />[[Chief of police]]
| alma_mater     = [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br />[[Lewis University]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])
| known_for      = Saving [[Ronald Reagan|President Reagan]] during his [[Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan|assassination attempt]]
| children       = 3
}}
'''Timothy J. McCarthy''' (born June 20, 1949) is an American retired [[police officer]] and [[special agent]] of the [[United States Secret Service|U.S. Secret Service]]. He is best known for defending then-president [[Ronald Reagan]] during the [[Reagan assassination attempt|assassination attempt]] on Reagan's life on March 30, 1981, in [[Washington, D.C.]]

During the assassination attempt, McCarthy spread his stance to protect Reagan as six bullets were being fired by the would-be assassin, [[John Hinckley Jr.]]<ref name="cbs04" /> McCarthy stepped in front of President Reagan, taking a bullet to the chest, but made a full recovery. 

After the assassination attempt, McCarthy was hailed as a hero and received the [[NCAA Award of Valor]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |title=All-Time Honors Award Winners |url=http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/events/awards/all-time-honors-award-winners |website=NCCA.ORG |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=2019-11-01 |archive-date=2019-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112042511/http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/events/awards/all-time-honors-award-winners |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>By means of the NCAA Award of Valor, the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] recognizes "courageous action or noteworthy bravery" by persons involved with intercollegiate athletics. McCarthy had played [[NCAA football]] at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]].</ref>