 On June 3 , 1968 , she went to The Factory , where she found Warhol . She shot at Warhol three times , with the first two shots missing and the final wounding Warhol . She also shot art critic Mario Amaya , and attempted to shoot Warhol 's manager , Fred Hughes , point blank , but the gun jammed . Solanas then turned herself in to the police . She was charged with attempted murder , assault , and illegal possession of a gun . She was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and pleaded guilty to " reckless assault with intent to harm " , serving a three @-@ year prison sentence , including treatment in a mental hospital . After her release , she continued to promote the SCUM Manifesto . She died in 1988 of pneumonia , in San Francisco . 
