"Theres no two ways about it. The boy enjoyed pointing his weapon at cows, birds and even other children, says Dr Yardley. George sped off on his motorcycle. He also wanted to know if his dog had been found and if they had located his M1 carbine and its magazine, as he didnt want the children to find it and hurt themselves. The bullet had passed through his skull and shattered his brain. For more stories of the worst people on earth, visit our . Ron Tarry, Hungerfords Mayor, claimed that the locals were in shock and speaking in hushed tones and that it was the press and others who had flocked to the scene who were doing the drinking in pubs. However, the jovial atmosphere was soon to be shattered and peoples lives changed forever.Savernake Forest, a popular recreational area seven miles from Hungerford, was a favourite haunt of Ryans, where he would spend great deals of time pretending to be on army manoeuvres. He found low-paid work as a caretaker at a girls school. Amongst others also later commended for their bravery were ambulance-women Hazel Haslett and Linda Bright, who had been shot at by Ryan but who had continued working selflessly late into the night to help other victims.It was reported in the tabloid newspapers that following the public announcement of Ryans death, the people of Hungerford reacted with relieved delight. "They couldnt cope. Shotguns had to be registered and were required to be kept in secure storage. This documentary examines Ryan's childhood, his acquisition of guns, and the killings. S02:E04 - Peter Sutcliffe - the Yorkshire Ripper. His favourite toy was Action Man, the commando-type plastic doll, kitted out with uniforms and weapons. He threw his Kalashnikov out of the window, leaving him with only his 9mm Beretta and ammunition. As he went along Priory Road, Ryan stopped at the home of Myrtle and Victor Gibbs, whose door was, as usual, locked. Ryan was well-known for driving "like a bat out of hell" - the only time he had been in trouble with the police was for breaking the speed limit. And she said I'm really sorry. Francis Butler was shot while walking his dog in the Memorial Gardens; Marcus Barney Barnard, was shot while driving to his home; Douglas Wainwright, died as he drove with his wife to visit their son; Erie Vardy, was shot while driving his van. Because the road was blocked by PC Brereton and Mr White's car, he and his partner could not drive their ambulance up, so he went on foot. On that day, 27-year-old Michael Ryan shot dead sixteen people, including an unarmed police officer and his own mother. Ryan had killed 16 people, including his mother, and wounded 15 others. He used his semi-automatic rifle to strafe the front door and open it. Ryan hadnt stopped there, though. "Breaking in or shooting into a house and killing the inhabitants and then holding the position for a while before moving on, would have appealed to his military ideals and fantasies," says Prof Jackson. Linda was hit in the shoulder and Alison in the right thigh. In contrast, Dorothy Ryans funeral service, held at St Marys Church in Calne, Wiltshire, was only attended by 40 mourners. In 1987, Michael Ryan committed a killing spree that left sixteen dead and sixteen injured. But this did actually ring true. While Ryan roamed Hungerford, murdering and maiming people he'd known for years, a woman lay dead in Savernake Forest. He died instantly from chest wounds. Brereton was hit by four of the bullets and died in his car. An elderly neighbour, Dorothy Smith, 77 years old and deaf in one ear, had come out into the street to see what all the noise was about. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Hungerford the day after the attack, Mrs Thatcher meets police and people affected by the incident, This aerial shot shows people fleeing the attack, A Floral tribute outside Hungerford Town Hall, A shocked policeman cradling a young girl after her father was brutally murdered, Graham Brunsden was one of many who risked their lives trying to help the victims, Vicar in church with people praying in Hungerford, Janet Mason whose parents, pensioners Roland and Sheila Mason, were among those killed, along with her husband, two children and brother Chris, Marlyne Vardy at the funeral of husband Eric, Police attend a press conference the day after the incident, Dorothy and Alfred Ryan, parents of murderer Michael Ryan. 5 - Abdul Khan He got me in my lower back. "She tried to tell Michael to stop and he shot her at close range," Mr Jackson adds. They'll do what we did. Mark Howe murdered his mother Katrina Wardle in a brutal knife attack. His father, Alfred Henry Ryan, a government building inspector, was known for being a perfectionist and was 55 when Ryan was born.His mother, Dorothy Ryan, was over 20 years younger than her husband and was 34 when she had her only son. Dr Yardley thinks he planned them well in advance. Still shooting, Ryan then walked to the end of the road, went along a footpath and made his way across some playing fields. A groundsheet was found nearby, which could have been laid by Ryan in order to contain DNA evidence. Although many neighbours described Mr Ryan as a pleasant man, there were rumours he was especially strict with his son. I had been the one to carry out the checks for Ryans firearms licence.". So he continued to Inkpen and Mrs Roland-Clarke's garden. Sandra Hill, was shot while driving; Jack and Myrtle Gibbs, were shot in their home in Priory Road; and Ian Playle was shot while driving into Hungerford on a shopping trip with his wife and two children. Then he shot himself. Ambulance-woman Hazel Haslett was injured in the arm and the leg by broken glass. It wasnt long before investigators discovered, via ballistics analysis, that her death was connected to those that happened subsequently in Hungerford that afternoon. Dorothy Ryan tried to reason with her son. At age 11, he moved from the local primary school opposite his home, to the John OGaunt Secondary School, where he underachieved academically and would often play truant. Wouldn't hurt a fly.". "I just thought she was delirious from blood loss.". It was absolute panic stations. He also had several different firearms: a Beretta 9 mm semi-automatic pistol; an M1 carbine semi-automatic assault rifle; and a Kalashnikov AK-47 rifle loaded with armour-piercing bullets. I probably did three or four of these checks a week. The case of Michael Ryan, who went on a killing spree in the small town of Hungerford, resulting in the murder of 16 people, including his own mother. He tried pulling the trigger twice more, but both times the rifle failed to fire. "I got into the house and slammed the door. Besotted with the military, Ryan bought army jackets, survival gear and masks. Ryan fired at them and Victor died instantly, whilst Myrtle died later in hospital. It was during this time that he lost his caretaker job. Ryan shot at her, making a hole in the side window. It was being chased up the road by Michael Ryan. It banned the ownership of semi-automatic firearms and pump-action weapons and made registration mandatory for shotgun owners. "I said he could, and he said: 'When that man shot that man, all of the birds flew out of the trees and shat themselves'. He sprayed their car with 11 bullets, Ivor Jackson was shot three times in the chest and once in the head and White was shot too, dying as their car smashed into the police car Ryan had shot at earlier. The Hungerford Massacre on August 19, 1987, saw 16 people killed in a. The investigation into Mrs Godfrey's death found she had not been raped. He continually asked about his mother and how she was. This powerful mix of emotions is often later expressed in an inappropriately violent response. There he announced that he had commissioned a report on the massacre from the Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, Colin Smith. "I think he fully intended to fake his own death at home and disappear at that point," says Prof Jackson. George White and PC Roger Brereton were in their cars when they were shot. Sent them away.". He headed straight there and was greeted by a nurse who said Kathleen was fine and Douglas was in the operating theatre. It transpired that they were the parents of the police officer who had run all the checks on Ryan when he had applied for a modified licence, to own more powerful firearms. Ryan shot Lepetit twice in the arm and once in the back as he fled. ]]> A Thames Valley Police report to the Home Office found that - given the limitations imposed by the remote location and the difficulties in radio and telephone communication - the force's response "went well". Its occupants, Linda Chapman and her daughter, Alison Chapman, whilst wounded, both survived. His victims included his own mother and police officer Roger Brereton - who was later posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct. After all, he was in the area and knew Mrs Dean. Find professional Hungerford Michael Ryan videos and stock footage available for license in film, television, advertising and corporate uses. "I assumed it had been some sort of accident with glass and that Lisa had been cut," she says. Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attacking seven other women. The description of the shootings as a "tragedy" doesnt sit well with Mrs Jackson. It seemed that whilst he was in the midst of a murderous rampage, he still felt the need to protect children. Another witness reported that Ryan warned several children to get off the street and go inside. Everyone remembers the silence. They keep meaning to frame it and put it up on the wall. They were armed with .38 Smith and Wessons, which were no match for Ryans arsenal.Four and three quarter hours after the police had first been informed of Ryan, he was finally spotted at one of the schools third floor classroom windows at 5.26 pm. ', "She told me to get my arse straight down there. It was confirmed that Michael Robert Ryan had fatally shot himself at 6.52 pm on Wednesday, 19 August 1987, with a single gunshot to the head. Mrs Pascoe stemmed the bleeding and stayed with the girl until an ambulance arrived. Ryan's mother Dorothy was shot not far from her home in South View as she pleaded with her son to stop the shooting. A single man, unemployed and living with his mother, with no evidence of a romantic or sexual relationship in his life, he perhaps had precious little to be happy about. The beauty spot near Marlborough is a popular place with dog walkers, picnickers and ramblers. Having created a fort for himself in the Gibbs home, Ryan fired at neighbouring houses, injuring a man at number 62 and a woman at number 67 Priory Road.Ian Playle, a 34-year-old clerk to the Justices at Newbury Magistrates Court, had brought his wife, Elizabeth, and their two young children, Richard and Sarah, to Hungerford on a shopping trip. She parked behind Whites car and opening the door and looking in, said, Oh Ivor and then hurried up the road. They flew the police helicopter past the window, but could not see in to the classroom. Someone had shot at the cashier, Kakoub Dean. "I just thought: 'They dont want outsiders. No-one blamed me. Some reports were inaccurate, giving the wrong location. Pathologists determined she was killed by the first three bullets. Watched by neighbours, he went into the house and muffled shots were heard. "I said I needed a bit of help at home but I didn't say what had happened. Meanwhile, police were busy getting some people to safety and preventing others from going where they thought Ryan might move to next. There was no way he would miss. Cash and cheques poured in from well-wishers, some even from children, and a Tragedy Fund was established, in collaboration with Lloyds TSB, Barclays and NatWest, the three banks in Hungerford. "I just started to run. I couldnt move my legs. Not able to stand by and idly watch people suffer, he had repeatedly risked his life to help a number of victims, giving first aid where he could and solace to those having lost loved ones. 14 - Myrtle Gibbs He even persuaded the police to grant him a licence to own more powerful firearms. His wife and children had been in the car but were unhurt. The mother-of-four, 38, from Kent . '", Chief Inspector Laurie Fray and PC Colin Lilley hold Ryan's murder weapons. Another reporter followed their sister home from the hospital. Two days later, Mr Playle died from his injuries. He's dead. I still get dreadful pain in my back. The Killing Spree That Changed UK Gun Laws: Hungerford Massacre (Crime Documentary) | Real Stories Real Stories 5.92M subscribers Subscribe 3.4K 462K views 3 years ago Explores the case of. When PC Wainwright heard it was Michael Ryan from South View, he couldn't put a face to the name. Instead, Sgt Ryan said: "I dont know how to tell you this. Plot summary Add synopsis Genres Documentary "I think she either refused to [have sex] or resisted," he said. Her training with St John Ambulance had led her to believe she could not have been shot, as bullets typically leave a large exit wound. Helicopters were hovering over Hungerford. "Dorothy came past me, and she looked into the car and I remember it as clear as day. Ryan stormed into the shop and again aimed his rifle at Dean. "At the hospital, where my mum was, everyone who'd been shot had been put into the same ward. He was shooting at me. I thought I was safe.". "If it had happened today, there would probably be some sort of trail on a computer as perpetrators tend to do a lot of research.". Lance Corporal Carl Harries, 21, a young off-duty soldier and veteran of the Falklands War, was on his way into town, to pick up a radiator hose, when he walked into the midst of the massacre. Scenes in Hungerford, Berkshire, following a gun siege in the town the day before, the event became known as the Hungerford massacre, pictured is the. After the murders, the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 was passed following a report commissioned by then-Home Secretary Douglas Hurd. On the sunny afternoon of August 19th, 1987, it was market day in Hungerford and Ryan went to Saverneck forest - a place he would often go to shoot his gun and sneak up on unsuspecting. The Housing Department of Newbury District Council made accommodation available for those residents of South View who found themselves homeless after the fires Ryan had started. He expressed sorrow over shooting his mother and his dog, and then said: "Hungerford must be a bit of a mess. Michael Ryan: The Hungerford Massacre: Directed by Adam Luria. 7 - Dorothy Ryan "In fact, I first thought it was another lad who lived there. Prof Jackson says violence towards his mother would fit in with Ryan's psychological profile as a narcissist who could not cope with being disobeyed, disagreed with or challenged. On 8 October 1987, a memorial and rededication service was held for the town of Hungerford. When he slowed down to see what was happening, Ryan shot him in the head with the AK-47 and he died instantly. She recognised him as a regular customer at the petrol station, but not a chatty or friendly one. People were said to have run into the streets chanting, The bastards dead, the bastards dead, whilst children cycled around on their bikes, yelling Good riddance, and people in pubs toasted his death. He wounded a further 15 before turning the gun on himself. Along the way, Ryan shot and wounded a man, who was pulled to safety as Ryan moved closer in order to shoot him again. The help will come from within the community'. People later commented that his mental instability became increasingly apparent following the death of his father. Yet another vehicle drove into the area and once again, Ryan shot at it, hitting the driver, shattering his jaw, bursting his tongue and missing his spinal cord by two millimetres. Ryan had murdered 16 people and seriously injured 15 more, but his whereabouts were unknown. Marching her away from her two young children, he shot her 13 times in the back. 8 - Francis Butler His real passions were cars and guns. Their inability to defend themselves against their bullies means that shame, guilt, anger, hate and the need for revenge builds inside them. It was on August 19 1987 that loner and gun fanatic Michael Ryan went on a shooting rampage in Hungerford, a market town in Berkshire. Sharp, acrid and smoky.". The day before, on 19 August 1987, Michael Ryan, a 27-year-old Hungerford man, drove to nearby Savernake Forest and shot dead Susan Godfrey, who was picnicking with her two young children,. George White was driving Ivor Jackson back from work. I was due to go and visit her, but I thought I couldn't. "He was trapped and didn't have a viable way out of his situation.". After the murders, though, visitors were less satisfied by remaining in the attractive main street. "It was a massacre," she says. As he drove the three-and-a-half miles a news report came on the radio about a suspected armed robbery at a petrol station in Froxfield. His wife and children were unhurt. Whether or not these were completely accurate accounts, they certainly encapsulated the emotion of relief foremost in peoples minds immediately after the massacre that the carnage was finally over. The primary school where Marjorie Jackson was a caretaker had broken up for the summer holidays. She was a respected and popular member of the community and used to work as a dinner lady at the Hungerford Primary School before becoming a part-time waitress at the Elcot Park Hotel, where she worked for 12 years, until her death.Ryan grew up in South View, Hungerford and relatives remembered him as a quiet, mostly sullen and quite self-centred boy. "She asked me what my dad looked like," he says. "And I kept thinking, if it was true that I'd signed my dad's death warrant, it meant I'd also signed all those other people's too. An investigation after the shootings found both Dorothy and Michael Ryan had been overdrawn on their bank accounts - in Dorothy's case largely because she bought her only child a new car every two years. Shortly before 2pm, Bert Whatley, a Priory Road resident, watched as Ryan, walking slowly, with his head down, entered the John OGaunt Secondary School, which was closed for the summer holidays. Then the radio announced the names of some of the people whod been shot, but didn't say if they were dead or alive. Ryan looked at her with extremely vacant eyes and a strange grin, before moving off eastwards along a footpath leading to Hungerford Common. In an unfortunate turn of events, the police at the roadblock actually sent some drivers directly towards Ryan.Police Constable Roger Brereton rushed to the danger area of South View and Ryan shot at his patrol car 23 times. People were sheltering in doorways and I pulled up and asked what was going on. The Hungerford Massacre on August 19, 1987, saw 16 people killed in a rampage by gunman Michael Ryan. At about 02:00 she looked out of the window and saw the bodies from South View being collected and driven away. He later died of shock and haemorrhage from the bullet wound to his neck. Inside, PC Roger Brereton, a traffic officer who had volunteered to investigate, was slumped against the steering wheel, clearly dead. "And I hear the arguments of the gun lobby, who want to preserve the right to bear arms, and I think: 'You should come here and see what guns did to Hungerford. Thirty years later, the events of that day are rarely discussed by those affected. He can barely speak about his friend, George White. LONDON (AP) _ Michael Ryan, the gun-loving loner who became Britain's worst mass murderer, won't be buried with the doting mother he killed and ''almost certainly'' won't be buried in the town he devastated, his family said Saturday. Ryan also killed his family dog and set fire to his house. The young policeman wondered whether he should see if he could do anything to help. ", PC Roger Brereton's funeral was held near Newbury. I was on the floor. There was also a made-up girlfriend - a delusion which went far enough for Mrs Ryan to invite people to the wedding. Ryan was 25 when his father died of cancer in 1985. Alan Lepetit, Mrs Whiting's brother, was a neighbour of Ryan's, living in South View. Mrs Jackson had known Ryan all of his life. A few days after the murders, Mr Wainwright - who had carried out the routine checks for Ryan's firearms licence - was astonished to see the Today newspapers front page splash. With her window open and radio on in her Renault 5, she became Ryans 13th murder victim, dying from a single shot. "He was as good as gold. Terrified, crying and huddled against the wall, she begged him not to kill her. She said: 'Oh no Ivor, not you.'". In a small village 60 miles west of London, at 12:30 in the afternoon, 27-year-old Michael Ryan shoots a mother dead. The British Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, travelled to Hungerford on Sunday, 23 August 1987. There he announced that he had commissioned a report on the massacre from the Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, Colin Smith. He took it seriously.". I could smell cordite in the air. Critics said the . AETNUK All Rights Reserved. Armed with three guns, he had already murdered six people and seriously injured seven more. It was a police vehicle which had its blue lights flashing. But how did the town heal its wounds? They lived a few doors from each other and their families were friends. He carried on, shooting Mrs Godfrey 13 times until he ran out of ammunition. Prof Jackson's colleague at Birmingham City University, Dr Elizabeth Yardley, has a different theory. People came to buy goods, eat in the restaurants and stay at the inns. Find Hungerford Michael Ryan stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. "[Mr Ryan] was quite the bully. He put some petrol in his car and some in a canister. He took the firearms, packed the pockets of his flak jacket with ammunition and marched off down the road. Back at the police station, PC Wainwright was told his mother had been taken to hospital in Swindon. Read more: Amazing archive photos show the changing face of Reading in the 1960s, Read more: Caversham Park Village from the air 50 years ago. Ryan was a shy child with a keen interest in the military. "When you work for the ambulance service, you do your best to help people," Mr Whiting says. Thomas Hamilton murdered 17 people in Dunblane in 1996. "We cope by taking every day as it comes. Meanwhile, a police officer had noticed Godfreys empty car with open doors and had gone to investigate. 11 - Eric Vardy He claimed he had been taken under the wing of a retired colonel who was going to buy him a house and a Ferrari. Your dad's been shot. Whenever they asked me where it all happened I'd say it was down the A4. Why are you doing this?. Eric Vardy, a carpenter and van driver for Norland Nursery College, was on his way with passenger, Steven Ball, to a builders supplier. The dog and its pursuer rounded a bend before disappearing from view. Say the name Hungerford and most people will associate the town with the events of Wednesday, 19 August, 1987. A police negotiator managed to engage him in conversation. Chief Inspector Lambert had sent Sergeant Paul Brightwell and his team of eight officers from the Tactical Firearms Unit to investigate the school, unaware that this was indeed the exact location of the killer. Dorothy Ryan, Michaels mother, was a lunchtime supervisor at the primary school where Mrs Jackson worked. He liked to think of himself as a soldier, skilled at surveillance without being seen himself. All I could think of was the dogs. Ryan's mother consistently pandered to her husband and son so Michael saw her as someone who was there to do things for him and essentially serve him - so he felt a sense of entitlement to treat her however he wanted.". He legally owned several semi-automatic weapons and told people he had been in the SAS - just one strand of a fantasy life woven by him and apparently perpetuated by his mother. But Ryan had moved. The elder Mr and Mrs Wainwright had been about 300 yards from their son's house when Douglas Wainwright was shot in the head and Kathleen Wainwright in the chest and the hand. 3 - Kenneth Clements While the physical injuries from that fateful day have long since healed, the emotional scars in Hungerford still run deep. "I rushed back to check on Jane and on the way I saw smoke coming up from South View [a nearby street]. Hungerford. She was wounded but managed to call her husband, Ivor Jackson, who worked close by. What happened in the woods is the clue to why the shootings happened, Prof Jackson believes. The Jacksons had loved their home on South View, with its large garden, and were in the process of buying it. Fifteen other people were also shot but survived. Write by: . The fact was that they were prevented from entering the danger zone, for fear of being shot themselves. A few moths before the massacre, Ryan joined the Tunnel Rifle and Pistol Club, in Wiltshire. The town had long been a tourist destination. Many were attended by people who had never known the deceased in life, but wished to show support for their families and the bereaved Hungerford community in general. He explained who he was and his experience, and offered sympathy. Armed with an automatic rifle, a pistol and at least one. In the ambulance on the way to hospital in Swindon, Ivor Jackson's heart had twice stopped beating. The letter, complete with golden tassel, is still in its recorded delivery envelope and is kept in a basket in the Jacksons' kitchen. He left his shotguns in his broken-down car, grabbed a pistol and two automatic rifles and almost immediately shot dead Roland and Sheila Mason, who were in their garden at the back of 6 South View. He is still haunted, he says, by the photograph of his father dead in his car. She thinks he saw Mrs Godfrey and her children having a picnic and enjoying themselves. Victims were taken to the Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon. At one point, he claimed to have an Israeli fragmentation type hand grenade, which seriously worried the police. The loss affected him profoundly and he became increasingly withdrawn, often going off alone to the shooting range, or working on cars. Dr Yardley believes Ryan was attempting to wrest some sort of control from society. He was making his way to a part-time gardening job in the nearby village of Inkpen. I've never run so fast. Ivor Jacksons wife, Marjorie, had called him whilst Ryan was aiming a gun at her. On 19 August 1987, the 27-year-old loner was in licensed possession of two shotguns, three pistols and two semi-automatic rifles. Linda Chapman and her teenage daughter Alison - Mr Whiting's sister and niece - were hit. She had been at work in Hungerford when the news about the shootings came on the radio. Brightwell immediately informed his superior and Hungerford was declared safe for the waiting ambulances and fire engines to move in to the former danger zone. "I put two and two together and assumed that the armed robbers from Froxfield had been cornered in Hungerford," he said. The Jacksons remember him as being a model-railway enthusiast and "a lovely man who would help you with anything". If this was his plan, it fell to pieces when his car would not restart. "After what happened, lots of people split up," says Ivor Jackson. "Then he shot her again, twice, in the back, from about four inches away.". Prof Jackson also considers Ryan was heavily influenced by a mass shooting occurring 10 days earlier in Melbourne, Australia, that was reported on television in the UK. "They were looking for bullet holes and spent shell cases to collect. Short for his age, Ryan was often teased and bullied but never retaliated and consequently avoided other children. The press helicopters were in the way of police trying to track Ryan and this allowed him to get away again. "Writing the letter did me good, but I don't think it would have helped the people of Dunblane.". They survived, although Alison still has a bullet inside her. He took aim and killed her with a single bullet to the chest. Gunman Michael Ryan shocked the country with his rampage around the quiet Berkshire town. ", Several of Derek and Mary Whiting's relatives were shot. 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