Hazel Haslett escaped with minor injuries. Harries later received the Queens Commendation for Brave Conduct. She knew her husband was dead. So he continued to Inkpen and Mrs Roland-Clarke's garden. Bernard was the tenth fatality on that bloody Wednesday. These include Lonewolf: True Stories of Spree Killers (May 2002) by Pan Pantziarka and The Encyclopedia of Mass Murder by Brian Lane and Wilfred Gregg (1993). Ivor Jacksons wife, Marjorie, had called him whilst Ryan was aiming a gun at her. It also transpired that there were several unfortunate incidents encumbering the response by the police and other emergency services to the events on 19 August 1987. I knew I had to be the strong one of the family, I knew Ivor wouldn't cope.". Ryan shot at her, making a hole in the side window. Mrs Jackson, a bullet lodged in the base of her spine, crawled through the blood and glass on her linoleum and managed to lock Katie and Raffles, a Pekingese and a Tibetan spaniel, into a kitchen cupboard. Mrs Jackson noticed he was holding a gun in each hand. At about 02:00 she looked out of the window and saw the bodies from South View being collected and driven away. Later that night, the clear-up began. The Jacksons remember him as being a model-railway enthusiast and "a lovely man who would help you with anything". "If he had the choice - to die from a horrible disease like that, or be shot, I know he'd choose the bullet. "I think he used to do it quite often, but then with him he used to say lots of things. Ryan was holding one of his most prized possessions - a Chinese copy of a Kalashnikov semi-automatic rifle. She remembers Michael as quiet and polite. He can barely speak about his friend, George White. "After what happened, lots of people split up," says Ivor Jackson. Dorothy Ryan tried to reason with her son. Helicopters were hovering over Hungerford. Alfred Ryan, Michael's father, had become a parent in his mid-50s and was about 20 years older than Dorothy. 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. I couldnt move my legs. Mr Lepetit said: "I gave him a hand one week, and the next he shot me and set fire to my house.". "If he did have a sexual crime in mind, then that would have been about control too.". Popular cab driver, Marcus Bernard, 30, was en route to visit his wife and newborn son in the local hospital. He looked at her. Marching her away from her two young children, he shot her 13 times in the back. Thomas Hamilton murdered 17 people in Dunblane in 1996. 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. People were frantic to get to their families to see if they were safe and unharmed. Having murdered Mrs Godfrey, Ryan headed back to Hungerford in his Vauxhall Astra GTE, stopping at Froxfield filling station. As the brothers were cleaning up, a reporter burst in. He was John Storms, 49, a washing machine engineer who had been called out to Hungerford Park Farm on business. In contrast, Dorothy Ryans funeral service, held at St Marys Church in Calne, Wiltshire, was only attended by 40 mourners. The Whitings' son Matthew, who was 11 at the time, was with his childminder in the playground and saw Mr Butler being shot. "I just started to run. "There was a picture of my dad, dead in a car with a blanket over him. He found low-paid work as a caretaker at a girls school. Not academically gifted nor particularly driven, Ryan was unremarkable at school. His wife and children were unhurt. AETNUK All Rights Reserved. The damage to Michael Ryan's house after he set fire to it. It was a police vehicle which had its blue lights flashing. Ryan, an unemployed handyman, also injured 15 people in the horrific attack before turning the gun on himself. He told his wife to stay indoors with the little girl she was babysitting and headed off to Hungerford town centre, first to a newsagent to buy some maps and then to the police station. Routine admissions were cancelled, the X-ray department and the blood bank were put on alert, extra doctors and support staff was made available and the victims started pouring in. Trevor can't move out to his own place. He subscribed to magazines on survival skills and guns, including Soldiers of Fortune, and was a fan of violent films such as Rambo: First Blood (1982). 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. I hurried home and got out of the car. She recognised him as a regular customer at the petrol station, but not a chatty or friendly one. I thought I was safe.". Pic: Daily Mail / Hungerford Massacre 1987. 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. The dust was flying up from the ground around my feet as the bullets hit. It was one of the worst mass shootings in British history. George sped off on his motorcycle. 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 Mayor Tarry claimed it to be the day on which life in the town could begin once more. Witnesses report that at this point, Ryan seemed disgusted with the rifle and threw it onto the ground. The report also said the operation was hampered by press helicopters making so much noise it was difficult for police on the ground to hear or relay instructions. S02:E05 - Thomas Watt Hamilton: Dunblane Massacre. When PC Wainwright heard it was Michael Ryan from South View, he couldn't put a face to the name. Stop it, you stupid bugger!. 33 years ago today, a sleepy Berkshire town was rocked by one of the most shocking mass shootings ever seen in the UK. Ryan was 25 when his father died of cancer in 1985. He told people he had served in the Second Parachute Regiment of the British armed forces, that he was getting married, and that he owned a gun shop. ', "She told me to get my arse straight down there. I later realised that was because the bullets were still in her. At age 16, he left John OGaunt School to attend a technical college, the Newbury College of Further Education, intending to learn to become a building contractor.Although he tried hard, it soon became apparent that Ryan showed no flair for this trade and soon dropped out of college. "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. If there is a shooting elsewhere in the world, he braces himself for his phone to ring. As Mr White turned his Toyota Crown into South View, he was shot in the head and died instantly. Leaving school he embarked on a series of casual labouring jobs and was often unemployed. Ambulance-woman Hazel Haslett was injured in the arm and the leg by broken glass. It later transpired that he had shot the family dog, a black Labrador. That's not him. His real passions were cars and guns. Shortly after midday, Michael Ryan had approached Susan Godfrey, who was picnicking in nearby Savernake Forest. They keep meaning to frame it and put it up on the wall. "I think he fully intended to fake his own death at home and disappear at that point," says Prof Jackson. The names of the 16 people who were killed are listed on a stone set into the wall of the town's war memorial garden, with no mention of how they died. As his wife, Mary, says: "So many of our family were shot that day. In a small village 60 miles west of London, at 12:30 in the afternoon, 27-year-old Michael Ryan shoots a mother dead. Some more minor details of that fateful day in 1987 vary in the different accounts but all agree that it will remain in memory as one of the worst gun crimes in British history.Sir Charles Pollard, Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police from 1991 2001, commented, The realisation that this could happen in fun-loving England, where we dont have guns and the police arent armed it changed policing and it changed society forever.. One of the boys she was with went to fetch his mother, Sylvia Pascoe, a qualified first-aider who lived at No 14. Ryan then shot at an ambulance, shattering its windscreen, as it was trying to reach some of the victims in a narrow lane. Ryan intimated he might be prepared to give himself up. He then carries on killing with his legally purchased and licensed Kalashnikov capable of killing at 300 yards. The speed with which he carried out his agenda indicates an element of forethought. We were good friends," he says. 'It's a show that I'm passionate about': Will Mellor on 'Cops Who Kill'. "I think she either refused to [have sex] or resisted," he said. 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. 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. All over Berkshire, the funerals that followed the massacre were deeply poignant. People were sheltering in doorways and I pulled up and asked what was going on. 11 - Eric Vardy I knew I had to help.". "I just thought she was delirious from blood loss.". From the eerie quiet of Hungerford High Street after the murder of 16 people to the trail of blood leading up to the bedroom of an anonymous terraced house, Shepherd conjures up the uncanny. There was also a made-up girlfriend - a delusion which went far enough for Mrs Ryan to invite people to the wedding. George White was driving Ivor Jackson back from work. Both died instantly. As they drove down Priory Road, Ryan shot at their car and Playle died from a single bullet wound to the neck from the Beretta. Mr Whiting did not understand. 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. He then shot her in the back with a Beretta pistol. "The station was locked, so I let myself in with a key. He returned to South View to find bodies on the ground and was asked by police to identify them. The Hungerford Report led to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988, which banned the ownership of semi-automatic centre-fire rifles and restricted the use of shotguns with a magazine capacity of more than two rounds. Mrs Godfrey was killed at about 12:30 BST and Mrs Dean was shot at just five minutes later at the petrol station. It was Jane, PC Wainwright's then-wife. Plot summary Add synopsis Genres Documentary Select from premium Hungerford Michael Ryan of the highest quality. A fellow park visitor, Myra Rose, found the children wandering around and they told her their mother had been shot. "He was a good man. Thirty years later, the events of that day are rarely discussed by those affected. Then he and his brother Peter went into their home, released the dogs from the cupboard, and started to clean the blood and glass from their kitchen. He was shot three times in the groin and the leg with the AK-47 rifle and died where he fell. The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 was passed in the wake of the massacre. This powerful mix of emotions is often later expressed in an inappropriately violent response. Michael Payne (uncredited) Ryan Hanley Surgeon (uncredited) Director Ruki Sidhwa Writer Helen Tonge All cast & crew Production, box office & more at IMDbPro Storyline Edit A look back at the Hungerford Massacre (1987) and its impact on the people who survived to one of the worst tragedies of UK history. "I went to help and she said Michael Ryan had shot her. A 27-year-old unemployed local labourer, Michael Robert Ryan, armed with several weapons including an AK-47 rifle and a Beretta pistol, shot and killed sixteen people including his mother, and wounded fifteen others, then fatally shot himself. Either way, the mourning period for an entire town was still to be endured.The Reverend David Salt received countless communications of support and offers of help poured in to the Hungerford vicarage. He is still haunted, he says, by the photograph of his father dead in his car. Then she phoned the building firm where her husband Ivor was a bricklayer, and asked for a message to be passed on. Classmates remember he was quiet, seemed shy, "kept himself to himself" and was keen on the military. Dr Yardley believes Ryan was attempting to wrest some sort of control from society. With her window open and radio on in her Renault 5, she became Ryans 13th murder victim, dying from a single shot. The primary school where Marjorie Jackson was a caretaker had broken up for the summer holidays. Getty Images offers exclusive rights-ready and premium royalty-free analog, HD, and 4K video of the highest quality. "He was going to set fire to his mother's house and drive away, leaving the police to believe he'd died in the fire.". He continually asked about his mother and how she was. What happened in the woods is the clue to why the shootings happened, Prof Jackson believes. Storms survived the shooting. "Ivor has very limited mobility, and his lungs are damaged from the bullet. Michael Ryan was a quiet loner when he was a kid, so he began pretending to be a military trained survivalist as an adult. Another, Eric Vardy, was killed. 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 knew Id been hit. The police officers at the scene did not apprehend him at this point, as they were unarmed. 10 - Douglas Wainwright Mrs Jackson can remember Mrs Ryan telling her about a mysterious "friend" Michael had made. Marjorie Jackson recuperating in hospital in 1987, "I just thought to myself, I'm a mother. Ryan's mother Dorothy was shot not far from her home in South View as she pleaded with her son to stop the shooting. "It's difficult to ascertain exactly how much he planned it, but I think it was well in advance and right down to minor details," says Dr Yardley. This seemed to fit the profile of Michael Ryan. He then asked the time and was silent for a while. He had what appeared to be a normal upbringing, although he was perhaps overindulged by his mother. I was due to go and visit her, but I thought I couldn't. "We were all told to lie down and not move. The Hungerford Massacre on August 19, 1987, saw 16 people killed in a rampage by gunman Michael Ryan. It's difficult. At one point, he claimed to have an Israeli fragmentation type hand grenade, which seriously worried the police. And she said I'm really sorry. During the next 90 minutes, Brightwell and Ryan held a long and detailed conversation, during which Ryan seemed quite lucid, calm and easy to talk to. "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. As smoke filled the air from Ryans burning house, more people were hiding inside their homes. On that day, 27-year-old Michael Ryan shot dead sixteen people, including an unarmed police officer and his own mother. An only child, Michael Robert Ryan was born on 18 May 1960 in the Savernake hospital, Hungerford. Ryan looked at her with extremely vacant eyes and a strange grin, before moving off eastwards along a footpath leading to Hungerford Common. Although many neighbours described Mr Ryan as a pleasant man, there were rumours he was especially strict with his son. But what he did not realise was he was personally affected by the shootings. "He used to say he could follow anyone and they wouldnt notice," said the friend. The Hungerford police were already undertaking a manhunt for the killer and a police helicopter spotted Ryan. 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. 9 - Marcus Barnard His wife, who had a bullet in her spine, was not expected to walk again. Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attacking seven other women. It's testament to her own strength of mind that she did. At the time, the idea crucified me. His face, she says, was expressionless. Mr Playle's blue Ford Sierra crashed after he was shot by Ryan. I thought he'd come in and kill them.". He tried pulling the trigger twice more, but both times the rifle failed to fire. After killing his mother, Ryan walked across the school playing field, firing randomly. The press helicopters were in the way of police trying to track Ryan and this allowed him to get away again. "Then he shot her again, twice, in the back, from about four inches away.". 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. However, they stipulated that Ryan install a suitable Chubb steel cabinet in which to safely lock his weapons. The beauty spot near Marlborough is a popular place with dog walkers, picnickers and ramblers. He tried starting his car but to no avail. Police were still hunting for the gunman in their midst. Alan Lepetit, Mrs Whiting's brother, was a neighbour of Ryan's, living in South View. 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. Dr Yardley and Prof Jackson both believe that Ryan did not "snap" and carry out the killings. Paying no attention to the police or the press, Ryan seemed oblivious to anything other than his hell-bent mission to kill everyone in his path. She thinks he saw Mrs Godfrey and her children having a picnic and enjoying themselves. On 8 October 1987, a memorial and rededication service was held for the town of Hungerford. "He certainly had no 'manifesto' or message to the world.". "We got a letter from the Queen," Mr Jackson adds. They lived a few doors from each other and their families were friends. The British Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, travelled to Hungerford on Sunday, 23 August 1987. "Dorothy came past me, and she looked into the car and I remember it as clear as day. He spied on them as they ate their picnic lunch, before playing a while. The wheelchair-bound Myrtle was totally vulnerable and Victor threw himself across her to protect her from the crazed gunman. The Hungerford Massacre on August 19, 1987, saw 16 people killed in a. Two days later, Mr Playle died from his injuries. Mrs Whiting remembers: "He was very upset for weeks afterwards. The police were not certain if Ryan had shot himself or just fired off a round. Because Ryan burned down his home, any evidence of planning was destroyed. This documentary examines Ryan's childhood, his acquisition of guns, and the killings. Linda was hit in the shoulder and Alison in the right thigh. He's dead. As they drove up Tarrants Hill, their windscreen was shattered by a spray of bullets and Vardy was hit twice, under the chin and in the torso. Eventually, shots were heard coming from John O'Gaunt School. An only child, Michael Robert Ryan was born on 18 May 1960 in the Savernake hospital, Hungerford. The town had long been a tourist destination. The description of the shootings as a "tragedy" doesnt sit well with Mrs Jackson. Your dad's been shot. You are frightening everybody to death. At another point, close to the end, he said, I wish I had stayed in bed. 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. Meanwhile, a police officer had noticed Godfreys empty car with open doors and had gone to investigate. A police negotiator managed to engage him in conversation. Ryan fired at helicopters from this window. Its occupants, Linda Chapman and her daughter, Alison Chapman, whilst wounded, both survived. The act banned semi-automatic and pump-action rifles; weapons which fire explosive ammunition; short shotguns with magazines; and elevated pump-action and self-loading rifles. 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.". Press intrusion is something the Jacksons continue to feel very strongly about. Moving up Fairview Road, Ryan found neighbour, Abdul Khan, 84, a retired restaurateur, mowing the lawn in his back garden. 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. Now, he added a new dimension.
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