On Friday, a Northern Virginia medical examiner determined the cause of James S. Brady's death to be "a gunshot wound and its health consequences" and the manner of death a homicide—some 33 years in the making.

James S. Brady, a former press secretary for Ronald Reagan, died today in Alexandria, Virginia. He was 73. Brady became a tireless advocate for gun control and founded the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence after getting shot by John Hinckley Jr. in an assassination attempt on Reagan in 1981.