The police were not certain if Ryan had shot himself or just fired off a round. The Hungerford massacre occurred in Hungerford, Berkshire, England, on August 19, 1987. 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. 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. Fifteen other people were also shot but survived. The teenager was still standing up when Mrs Pascoe arrived to help her. 12 - Sandra Hill Ryan's mother Dorothy was shot not far from her home in South View as she pleaded with her son to stop the shooting. When, in March 1996 Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 schoolchildren and their teacher in the Stirling town of Dunblane, Trevor Wainwright decided to write to the Scottish police. He took it seriously.". It was absolute panic stations. The birds didn't sing again for five days.". Two days later, Mr Playle died from his injuries. The Hungerford Massacre on August 19, 1987, saw 16 people killed in a. He put some petrol in his car and some in a canister. He believes Ryan would get an illicit sexual thrill during his woodland trips and obtain pleasure and a sense of accomplishment from following and watching people unseen. Ryan looked at her with extremely vacant eyes and a strange grin, before moving off eastwards along a footpath leading to Hungerford Common. While Ryan roamed Hungerford, murdering and maiming people he'd known for years, a woman lay dead in Savernake Forest. They warned ground units to set up a roadblock around South View, to stop any drivers entering the area, although they had no idea what Ryan would do next. Why are you doing this?. His wife, who had a bullet in her spine, was not expected to walk again. Crossing the street, shooting as he went, Ryan strode towards 60 Priory Road, the home of Victor and Myrtle Gibbs and blasted open the front door with his semi-automatic rifle. He had a few friends but always shied away from any sporting or social events at school. Stop it, you stupid bugger!. A car drove towards Ryan and he shot both occupants. Ryan hadnt stopped there, though. In addition to this, the local telephone exchange could not handle the amount of 999 calls that were being made, as Ryan wreaked havoc across the suburbs and people desperately tried phoning for help. ', "She told me to get my arse straight down there. 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. Access was blocked for the fire engine called to deal with the fire Ryan had started in his own home and which had already spread to three neighbouring properties. Her children, who were 85 yards away from where her body was found, were later reunited with their father. 9 - Marcus Barnard You are frightening everybody to death. "I effectively put myself on duty and thought because of my local knowledge I could show the armed response team the back routes around the town. Then the nurse came back. The Hungerford massacre was a spree shooting in Hungerford, England, United Kingdom, on 19 August 1987, when 27-year-old Michael Ryan shot dead sixteen people, including an unarmed police officer and his own mother, before shooting himself. Were just waiting until life gets back to normal. Ryan used a semi-automatic rifle, an M1 Carbine and a Beretta pistol to carry out a string of attacks in the village. "Theres no two ways about it. Because Ryan burned down his home, any evidence of planning was destroyed. 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. Not academically gifted nor particularly driven, Ryan was unremarkable at school. Short for his age, Ryan was often teased and bullied but never retaliated and consequently avoided other children. Ryans school friend remembers his mother would buy the boy whatever he wanted, but his father "couldnt be played" and "wore the trousers" in the house. This powerful mix of emotions is often later expressed in an inappropriately violent response. Ryan had holed himself up in a second-floor classroom and was shooting through the window at both police and press helicopters. He was making his way to a part-time gardening job in the nearby village of Inkpen. Then she phoned the building firm where her husband Ivor was a bricklayer, and asked for a message to be passed on. I should have said but I didnt want to worry anyone. Angela Wrightson: A chaotic life and brutal death. The beauty spot near Marlborough is a popular place with dog walkers, picnickers and ramblers. Ryan broke into the Gibbs' house on Priory Road. Ryan, who was heavily armed, forced 33-year-old Susan Godfrey, who was on a picnic with her children, to put them in her car and "Ill never forget what I saw that day, what happened to him, but I can't tell you. She seemed more concerned about her trousers than her wounds. The smiling Ryan shot 11 rounds from his semi-automatic at another car that drove into the street. The police officers at the scene did not apprehend him at this point, as they were unarmed. A former school friend remembers a teenage Ryan boasting of spying on and stalking people there. "Ivor has very limited mobility, and his lungs are damaged from the bullet. "My daughter arranged it. Dr Yardley thinks he planned them well in advance. Jackson played dead and survived the shooting.He heard what happened next, as Dorothy Ryan, returning home from some shopping, arrived at the scene in her car. 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. 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. Ian Playle, the last victim to be fatally shot, had in fact been warned of the danger in South View by police. 1 - Roland Mason Mrs Pascoe, safe with her neighbours in a community centre, was playing cards with the children to distract them from the horror outside. "He was trapped and didn't have a viable way out of his situation.". Shortly after Ms Haslett escaped South View, her colleague Derek Whiting arrived in a second ambulance, completely unaware that a gunman was at large. It banned the ownership of semi-automatic firearms and pump-action weapons and made registration mandatory for shotgun owners. document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) He saw Mr White and Mr Jackson in the car and Mr Clements - who had been walking his dog with his family - lying dead on the footpath. George White and PC Roger Brereton were in their cars when they were shot. 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. With Craig Jackson, Donal MacIntyre, Sean Preston, Michael Ryan. Ryan then walked into Priory Road, where he found Sandra Hill, 22, driving her red Renault 5, with the window down and the music blaring. 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. 11 - Eric Vardy S02:E03 - Michael Ryan - the Hungerford Massacre. The Hungerford police were already undertaking a manhunt for the killer and a police helicopter spotted Ryan. Ryans next victim was Francis Butler, a 26-year-old accounts clerk, out walking his dog in the Hungerford Memorial Gardens. She knew her husband was dead. 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. John O'Gaunt School in Hungerford, Berkshire, where Michael Robert Ryan committed suicide following the Hungerford Massacre, 8th September 1987. Mrs Wainwright had the presence of mind to get out of the car and cower behind it. He continually asked about his mother and how she was. She told him someone was shooting across the back gardens of their road. "It was just routine. 6 - George White 19th August 1987. Linda Chapman and her teenage daughter Alison - Mr Whiting's sister and niece - were hit. Write by: . Now, he added a new dimension. "I just thought: 'They dont want outsiders. They flew the police helicopter past the window, but could not see in to the classroom. Ryan shot at her, making a hole in the side window. 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. "He certainly had no 'manifesto' or message to the world.". He survived the attack. 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. "I knew Id been hit. Instead she found Ryan, who shot her once. If only my car had started. I couldn't walk. "I went to help and she said Michael Ryan had shot her. When Michael Ryan went on a killing spree in Hungerford in 1987, the news - like last week's shootings in Cumbria - shocked the country. It was about 10 minutes since Mrs Jackson had asked her husband to return home and the two men had no idea of the danger into which they were heading. But how did the town heal its wounds? "She was dead on the ground, on her front just by the drive of our house. Whenever they asked me where it all happened I'd say it was down the A4. Ryan fired at helicopters from this window. In less than an hour, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had killed 12 of their classmates and 1 teacher, injuring 24. Dr Yardley believes Ryan was attempting to wrest some sort of control from society. His wife and children had been in the car but were unhurt. Later that night, the clear-up began. Their younger son Trevor, who had been 18 in 1987, is being treated for PTSD while his older brother Peter, who was in the same year as Ryan at school, refuses to talk about that day. However, Prof Jackson said it was likely Ryan had intended to do so. "They couldnt cope. One of the boys she was with went to fetch his mother, Sylvia Pascoe, a qualified first-aider who lived at No 14. Say the name Hungerford and most people will associate the town with the events of Wednesday, 19 August, 1987. Either way, he turned away. No-one blamed me. Preparing to leave for her grandmothers 95th birthday, Godfrey was packing away the picnic when a grim looking Ryan approached, dressed all in black and pointing a 9mm Beretta pistol at her. Sent them away.". "When you work for the ambulance service, you do your best to help people," Mr Whiting says. "After what happened, lots of people split up," says Ivor Jackson. Plot summary Add synopsis Genres Documentary Ryan fired at them and Victor died instantly, whilst Myrtle died later in hospital. His wife and children were unhurt. Dr Gregory Moffat, a childhood aggression specialist, claimed that victims of bullying are generally small, weak, lack confidence and are loners. By this stage, the press had heard of the killing spree and arrived in the area, taking photographs of the dead and wounded, and unethically gaining access to some of the victims houses, by saying they were crime scene personnel. //-->
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