"Fantastic authentic Indian food.". But Ryan had moved. 15 - Ian Playle, Susan Godfrey was shot and killed in Savernake Forest. Marjorie Jackson recuperating in hospital in 1987, "I just thought to myself, I'm a mother. While Ryan roamed Hungerford, murdering and maiming people he'd known for years, a woman lay dead in Savernake Forest. Michael used to play at Mrs Jackson's home with one of her sons. He used his semi-automatic rifle to strafe the front door and open it. He had placed down a groundsheet; a police report identified the possibility that Ryan had intended to rape Godfrey. [29][30], At 13:45 the police helicopter arrived and broadcast warnings to the public. Mrs Godfrey was killed at about 12:30 BST and Mrs Dean was shot at just five minutes later at the petrol station. He was shooting at me. It's difficult. [8] At this point, the TFU secured gardens and houses in the area before surrounding the school at approximately 16:00. He needed numerous operations and still suffers, both physically and mentally. Knowing his way around the streets, he had tried to drive home by another route. Jake Davison, 22, shot himself through the chin after first gunning down his mum Maxine, 51, in Plymouth. [29], After shooting Hill, Ryan shot his way into a house further down Priory Road and shot the occupants, 66-year-old Jack Gibbs and his 62-year-old wife Myrtle. [37], Fatal shooting of 16 people in Hungerford, England, For the 1876 attack in which two police officers were murdered, see, Khan's forename has also been given as "Abdur", "SHOOTING INCIDENTS AT HUNGERFORD ON 19 AUGUST 1987 REPORT OF MR COLIN SMITH CVO QPM. 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. 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. Mrs Wainwright had the presence of mind to get out of the car and cower behind it. The letter, complete with golden tassel, is still in its recorded delivery envelope and is kept in a basket in the Jacksons' kitchen. 20th August 1987. "I think she either refused to [have sex] or resisted," he said. When PC Wainwright, wearing his off-duty clothes of shorts and a Fred Perry polo shirt, was called into his superior's office, he thought he was going to be told to put his uniform on. South View became a popular haunt for tourists. One of the female soldiers needed to use the WC, apparently to change a female sanitary product, while two of her male colleagues decided to buy a snack in the shop. One of the boys she was with went to fetch his mother, Sylvia Pascoe, a qualified first-aider who lived at No 14. I need to get better and I will walk again. The damage to Michael Ryan's house after he set fire to it. On 19 August 1987, gunman Michael Ryan went on the rampage in the small town of Hungerford. About half an hour later, Mrs Roland-Clarke called him to the telephone. [32] He said that he would not exit the building until the police informed him of the welfare of his mother, and stated that "Hungerford must be a bit of a mess". This page was last edited on 17 November 2022, at 10:57. A police negotiator managed to engage him in conversation. 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. The Dean family used to live in Imber, the de-populated village on Salisbury Plain Link An ancestor of the Deans was the subject of an attempted robbery in 1838 Link and Link More recently the premises was involved in the notorious Hungerford massacre of 19 August 1987 when Michael Ryan stopped off here having just committed the first murder . Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. Dr Yardley believes Ryan was attempting to wrest some sort of control from society. Another, Eric Vardy, was killed. The massacre led to a backlash about gun laws, and saw the 1988 Firearms Act created, which restricted the use of shotguns and bans ownership of semi automatic weapons. She knew her husband was dead. He arrived back in South View in time to set fire to his home, shoot his dog, chase another dog, and take three guns from his car before killing Mr and Mrs Mason at 12:47. Tap into Getty Images global-scale, data-driven insights and network of over 340,000creators to create content exclusively for your brand. "It was a massacre," she says. "It hasn't got any easier. After the murders, the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 was passed following a report commissioned by then-Home Secretary Douglas Hurd. As Mr White turned his Toyota Crown into South View, he was shot in the head and died instantly. News crews at John O'Gaunt School in Hungerford, Berkshire, where Michael Robert Ryan committed suicide following the Hungerford Massacre. '", Chief Inspector Laurie Fray and PC Colin Lilley hold Ryan's murder weapons. [20] After this, two of Brereton's colleagues securing the east end of South View came upon Robert, Kenneth Clements's son, who informed them that the shooter had continued west on South View. ", Several of Derek and Mary Whiting's relatives were shot. CREATIVE. [28] Using the Beretta, he shot at a passing car and fatally injured the driver, 22-year-old Sandra Hill. "I thought: 'How the hell can I go and see her if they're all blaming me? the event became known as the Hungerford massacre, Police attend a. [25] At 13:18 PC Wood was joined by two armed police officers at the command post on the common. [20] Ryan returned to South View from the common, and the first police officers to arrive aimed to close both ends of the road to contain a possible gunman. He also knew the day would end in the loss of his own life, so in effect he was choosing when to die.". "She was dead on the ground, on her front just by the drive of our house. "Perhaps he killed her in panic when she attempted to run away.". 3 - Kenneth Clements Mrs Jackson noticed he was holding a gun in each hand. Then he realised the policemans wounds had not been caused by a shotgun but by a semi-automatic rifle. Because Ryan burned down his home, any evidence of planning was destroyed. Three decades ago a gunman killed more than a dozen people in his own town in Berkshire. I killed all those people, but I haven't the guts to blow my own brains out." Hungerford is a big shooting area, farmers and gun clubs and that sort of thing. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. "You know, it's funny. And it does not want to be remembered for its massacre. I knew I had to help.". He pulled the wheeled stretcher with him and managed to load both Mr and Mrs Jackson and Lisa Mildenhall into the ambulance. [29][30] From the house, Ryan shot at neighbouring houses and caused injury to the occupants. The dog and its pursuer rounded a bend before disappearing from view. [31], Ryan was seen approaching the school where he had formerly been a pupil, although his precise location after approximately 13:50 was unknown. 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Their car smashed into the back of another car. "The tourist buses would just park where they usually did and then people used to come up here on foot," Trevor Jackson says. "Members of the public were in the station with the police. "I got into the house and slammed the door. They survived, although Alison still has a bullet inside her. 6 - George White "[32] He later shouted, "It's funny. Then the nurse came back. [17], After leaving Froxfield, Ryan returned to his home on South View, Hungerford, Berkshire. "There were no big wounds at the back of Lisa's legs. Others who tragically lost their lives included Susan Godfrey, of Reading, who was enjoying a picnic with her children; Roland and Sheila Mason were killed in their garden, and Kenneth Clemments, who was walking to Hungerford Common. Michael Ryan was just so, so insignificant. I knew I had to be the strong one of the family, I knew Ivor wouldn't cope.". Ryan was holding one of his most prized possessions - a Chinese copy of a Kalashnikov semi-automatic rifle. The local police station had only two working phone lines that day and the police helicopter was being repaired, delaying its deployment. Dr Yardley and Prof Jackson both believe that Ryan did not "snap" and carry out the killings. The John O'Gaunt School where shooter Michael Robert Ryan killed himself. It was his gun cupboard. Hungerford Massacre - 1987: Michael Ryan, the infamous gunman involved in the Hungerford Massacre (Image: Daily Mirror) By. "As soon as there's been a shooting, some journalist will call. [15] Ryan, openly armed, approached the family and Susan placed the children in her car. 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.The shootings, committed using a handgun and two semi-automatic rifles, occurred at several locations, including a school he had once attended. Browse 61 hungerford massacre stock photos and images available or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Alan Lepetit, Mrs Whiting's brother, was a neighbour of Ryan's, living in South View. Having chased the spaniel away, Ryan returned. As smoke filled the air from Ryans burning house, more people were hiding inside their homes. [24] Ryan headed north on Priory Avenue, where he shot and injured John Storms who was parked in his van. 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