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 timothy j. mccarthy secret service agent chief of police
tim mccarthy

timothy j. mccarthy -lrb- born june 20 , 1949 -rrb- is the current police chief of orland park , illinois , and a former member of the united states secret service .
during the 1981 reagan assassination attempt , he turned into the line of fire , shielding ronald reagan from one of john hinckley , jr. 's .22 caliber bullets .
surgeons at george washington university hospital successfully removed the round from mccarthy 's abdomen , and he fully recovered .
mccarthy is one of only four secret service agents to have taken a bullet for the president .
he received the ncaa award of valor in 1982 in recognition of his bravery .
