Ryan fired at helicopters from this window. As he approached a playground near Bulpit Lane he shot and killed dog walker Francis Butler. Whilst chatting to a work colleague, the subject of Michael Ryan and the 1987 Hungerford massacre came up. 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. Harries later received the Queens Commendation for Brave Conduct. It started with an assumed attempted sexual assault, but Ryan went on to kill many close acquaintances in his hometown. The police officers at the scene did not apprehend him at this point, as they were unarmed. Its occupants, Linda Chapman and her daughter, Alison Chapman, whilst wounded, both survived. The incident prompted the government to change gun laws, banning semi-automatic and pump-action rifles. 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. ]]> The description of the shootings as a "tragedy" doesnt sit well with Mrs Jackson. That was possibly even worse than hearing it the first time.". People came to buy goods, eat in the restaurants and stay at the inns. Although many neighbours described Mr Ryan as a pleasant man, there were rumours he was especially strict with his son. A few moths before the massacre, Ryan joined the Tunnel Rifle and Pistol Club, in Wiltshire. She thinks he saw Mrs Godfrey and her children having a picnic and enjoying themselves. Then Ryan had shot and killed Abdul Khan, a hard-of-hearing 84-year-old who was gardening. "I just thought she was delirious from blood loss.". George White was driving Ivor Jackson back from work. This documentary examines Ryan's childhood, his acquisition of guns, and the killings. After some time, young Hannah unbuckled their seatbelts, so they could go in search of their mother. Ambulance-woman Hazel Haslett was injured in the arm and the leg by broken glass. She knew her husband was dead. "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. "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.". People were sheltering in doorways and I pulled up and asked what was going on. 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. One man was injured. There he announced that he had commissioned a report on the massacre from the Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, Colin Smith. "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. "I put two and two together and assumed that the armed robbers from Froxfield had been cornered in Hungerford," he said. 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 was shooting at me. Prof Craig Jackson believes Ryan had a sexual motive. Dr Gregory Moffat, a childhood aggression specialist, claimed that victims of bullying are generally small, weak, lack confidence and are loners. Ryan was a shy child with a keen interest in the military. Leaving school he embarked on a series of casual labouring jobs and was often unemployed. Despite the police helicopter hovering above him and telling him to lay down his weapons, Ryan merely walked away. It was one of the young Ryan's favourite places, where he enjoyed tracking wildlife through the undergrowth and practising survival skills. Ryan immediately turned to Alan Lepetit, a coalman who had helped install the Chubb steel cabinet for Ryans firearm collection. I mean, there's no legitimate reason anyone would need to have a Kalashnikov - but it was legal. The Hungerford Report confirmed that Ryans weapons had been legally licenced. It is thought he might not have heard the commotion. Other victims included Susan Godfrey, of Reading, who was killed while picnicking with her children; Roland and Sheila Mason, who were killed in their home; Kenneth Clements, who was shot while walking to Hungerford Common. 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. Driver, Linda Bright, immediately put the ambulance into reverse and retreated. He explained who he was and his experience, and offered sympathy. The gunman was reloading his weapon and Mrs Wainwright thought he would shoot at her again. Ryans next victim was Francis Butler, a 26-year-old accounts clerk, out walking his dog in the Hungerford Memorial Gardens. I probably did three or four of these checks a week. At 17:25, Ryan threw a semi-automatic rifle from the classroom window. The local police station had only two working phone lines that day and the police helicopter was being repaired, delaying its deployment. It was one of the worst mass shootings in British history. Ryan had murdered 16 people and seriously injured 15 more, but his whereabouts were unknown. She said: 'Oh no Ivor, not you.'". It was following Alfred's death in 1985 that Mrs Ryan began appearing at work with visible bruises, Mrs Jackson says. Ambulances lined the main street. He claimed he had been taken under the wing of a retired colonel who was going to buy him a house and a Ferrari. The smiling Ryan shot 11 rounds from his semi-automatic at another car that drove into the street. A police negotiator managed to engage him in conversation. Hungerford. At around 4 pm, the Royal Air Force hospital in nearby Wroughton contacted the Princess Margaret Hospital to inform them that they could take the next two serious and six minor casualties. People were frantic to get to their families to see if they were safe and unharmed. The police had already received a report, from George, of an armed robbery in progress at the petrol station and were en route to her. Michael Ryan was a quiet loner when he was a kid, so he began pretending to be a military trained survivalist as an adult. Linda Chapman and her teenage daughter Alison - Mr Whiting's sister and niece - were hit. Their pictures were a grim account of the trail of destruction and death that Ryan had left in his wake. Their inability to defend themselves against their bullies means that shame, guilt, anger, hate and the need for revenge builds inside them. Next to him, in the passenger seat, Ivor Jackson was also shot in his arm, chest and head. There was also a made-up girlfriend - a delusion which went far enough for Mrs Ryan to invite people to the wedding. Mark Howe murdered his mother Katrina Wardle in a brutal knife attack. His real passions were cars and guns. Then he shot himself. Then the nurse came back. The mother-of-four, 38, from Kent . When he was 13 his mother bought him an air rifle. I was due to go and visit her, but I thought I couldn't. The police were not certain if Ryan had shot himself or just fired off a round. Terrified, crying and huddled against the wall, she begged him not to kill her. Her Majesty the Queens private secretary sent a letter of condolence from Buckingham Palace to Mayor Tarry and enclosed a personal contribution from the Queen. The damage to Michael Ryan's house after he set fire to it. Another reporter followed their sister home from the hospital. I happened to mention that a chap that worked with my wife was injured during the shootings, to which he suggested that it was a good job that the SAS finished him off when they did. Select from premium Hungerford Michael Ryan of the highest quality. 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. It wasnt long before investigators discovered, via ballistics analysis, that her death was connected to those that happened subsequently in Hungerford that afternoon. "He was a good man. His face, she says, was expressionless. His favourite toy was Action Man, the commando-type plastic doll, kitted out with uniforms and weapons. Michael Ryan: The Hungerford Massacre: Directed by Adam Luria. Ryan then abandoned his M1 carbine in the Memorial Gardens. 14 - Myrtle Gibbs Michael Ryan murdered 16 people before turning the gun on himself. 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 would insist on lying down on the back seat of the car if we ever went out, so he couldn't be seen. 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. Further delays were caused by the firearms squad being in training about 40 miles away. 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. 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. He got me in my lower back. I should have said but I didnt want to worry anyone. I couldn't walk. The other three ducked down on the floor but Ryan fired at Lisa. Having murdered Mrs Godfrey, Ryan headed back to Hungerford in his Vauxhall Astra GTE, stopping at Froxfield filling station. An only child, Michael Robert Ryan was born on 18 May 1960 in the Savernake hospital, Hungerford. He died instantly from chest wounds. Ms Haslett reversed rapidly and she and her partner escaped with only minor injuries. Prof Craig Jackson, a psychologist who specialises in spree killers, thinks there was also a sexual motive. 1 - Roland Mason 10 - Douglas Wainwright "I think he used to do it quite often, but then with him he used to say lots of things. It's not known whether Ryan spent a long time watching Sue Godfrey, a 35-year-old nurse who had stopped with her two young children for a picnic lunch. Now, he added a new dimension. Thirty years since the Hungerford tragedy. The fact was that they were prevented from entering the danger zone, for fear of being shot themselves. When PC Wainwright heard it was Michael Ryan from South View, he couldn't put a face to the name. What happened in the woods is the clue to why the shootings happened, Prof Jackson believes. She told him someone was shooting across the back gardens of their road. Why are you doing this?. Say the name Hungerford and most people will associate the town with the events of Wednesday, 19 August, 1987. His victims included his own mother and police officer Roger Brereton - who was later posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct. "I said I needed a bit of help at home but I didn't say what had happened. "They were looking for bullet holes and spent shell cases to collect. The loss affected him profoundly and he became increasingly withdrawn, often going off alone to the shooting range, or working on cars. Because Ryan burned down his home, any evidence of planning was destroyed. He is still haunted, he says, by the photograph of his father dead in his car. In less than an hour, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had killed 12 of their classmates and 1 teacher, injuring 24. Gunshots were often heard from Hungerford Common, at one end of South View. A groundsheet was found nearby, which could have been laid by Ryan in order to contain DNA evidence. Dr Yardley says Ryan would have learned how to treat women from how his father treated his mother. 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. After the murders, though, visitors were less satisfied by remaining in the attractive main street. He later died of shock and haemorrhage from the bullet wound to his neck. Someone had shot at the cashier, Kakoub Dean. At around 12:45pm, Ryan arrived at his next destination, 4 South View, a dead-end street in Hungerford, where he lived with his widowed mother. Alfred Ryan, Michael's father, had become a parent in his mid-50s and was about 20 years older than Dorothy. His wife and children were unhurt. Find professional Hungerford Michael Ryan videos and stock footage available for license in film, television, advertising and corporate uses. But we've stuck by each other.". 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. 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. The help will come from within the community'. Michael Ryan The Hungerford massacre was a series of random shootings in Hungerford, Berkshire, on 19 August 1987, when Michael Robert Ryan, an unemployed part-time antique dealer and handyman, fatally shot 16 people, including his own mother, before committing suicide. Witnesses report that at this point, Ryan seemed disgusted with the rifle and threw it onto the ground. Police were still hunting for the gunman in their midst. Ryan intimated he might be prepared to give himself up. [CDATA[// >