Someone had shot at the cashier, Kakoub Dean. 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. Ryan was holding one of his most prized possessions - a Chinese copy of a Kalashnikov semi-automatic rifle. ", Several of Derek and Mary Whiting's relatives were shot. She seemed more concerned about her trousers than her wounds. Mr Playle's blue Ford Sierra crashed after he was shot by Ryan. Mrs Whiting remembers: "He was very upset for weeks afterwards. He needed numerous operations and still suffers, both physically and mentally. 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. I was due to go and visit her, but I thought I couldn't. "She asked me what my dad looked like," he says. The couple have been married for 60 years and celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary in January. Dorothy Ryan tried to reason with her son. Whilst she waited for help to arrive, she watched Ryan jog up and down the road, shooting at anything that moved. Trevor Wainwright, Hungerfords usual bobby on the beat, was on a day off. He expressed sorrow over shooting his mother and his dog, and then said: "Hungerford must be a bit of a mess. Ryan was finally cornered and an armed officer trained his sights on him. A police negotiator managed to engage him in conversation. "And then I remembered the name. The bullet had passed through his skull and shattered his brain. Saturday marks 30 years since Michael Ryan killed 16 people in Hungerford. Ryan has also been documented on internet sites devoted to mass murder. "I just thought: 'They dont want outsiders. I thought he'd come in and kill them.". Next to him, in the passenger seat, Ivor Jackson was also shot in his arm, chest and head. Mayor Tarry claimed it to be the day on which life in the town could begin once more. He chased me all the way. '", Chief Inspector Laurie Fray and PC Colin Lilley hold Ryan's murder weapons. Its inhabitants refer to the shooting as "The Tragedy", almost as if it were a natural disaster. Julian Knight killed seven people in Melbourne. All I could think of was the dogs. People later commented that his mental instability became increasingly apparent following the death of his father. After some time, young Hannah unbuckled their seatbelts, so they could go in search of their mother. He then went back into the house, used the five-litre can of petrol to soak everything he could, and set the house on fire.Into his car, Ryan had packed military clothing, a large amount of ammunition and a first aid kit. Godfreys children watched as he climbed into his car, which was parked next to theirs, and drive away without a word to them. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of Terms and Conditions. Classmates remember he was quiet, seemed shy, "kept himself to himself" and was keen on the military. 4 - PC Roger Brereton Kahn died later of his wounds. He headed straight there and was greeted by a nurse who said Kathleen was fine and Douglas was in the operating theatre. Then he shot himself. It was the same school he had attended more than a decade before. All over Berkshire, the funerals that followed the massacre were deeply poignant. 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. Mark Howe murdered his mother Katrina Wardle in a brutal knife attack. Robert, his frightened son, escaped by jumping over a fence into the neighbouring school, whilst the rest of the family literally ran for their lives. It was absolute panic stations. Over the moon at the news of his father's survival, PC Wainwright telephoned his brothers and sister. Find professional Hungerford Michael Ryan videos and stock footage available for license in film, television, advertising and corporate uses. If there is a shooting elsewhere in the world, he braces himself for his phone to ring. He put some petrol in his car and some in a canister. Say the name Hungerford and most people will associate the town with the events of Wednesday, 19 August, 1987. Brereton was hit by four of the bullets and died in his car. I could see her hip bone.". AETNUK All Rights Reserved. "She tried to tell Michael to stop and he shot her at close range," Mr Jackson adds. He wounded a further 15 before turning the gun on himself. On 19 August 1987, the 27-year-old loner was in licensed possession of two shotguns, three pistols and two semi-automatic rifles. Plot summary Add synopsis Genres Documentary Mrs Jackson can remember Mrs Ryan telling her about a mysterious "friend" Michael had made. 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. Luckily she hadn't been injured. An only child, Michael Robert Ryan was born on 18 May 1960 in the Savernake hospital, Hungerford. He cannot even pass the end of the road. Every single time.". "I was desperate to get into the house. You are frightening everybody to death. Harries later received the Queens Commendation for Brave Conduct. That summer afternoon Ryan, a 27-year-old unemployed labourer, killed 16 people . Instead she found Ryan, who shot her once. He tried starting his car but to no avail. Ryan had been targeting people he happened across in streets and gardens. He then shot her in the back with a Beretta pistol. Their pictures were a grim account of the trail of destruction and death that Ryan had left in his wake. He continually asked about his mother and how she was. "It hit at the heart of my professionalism, of everything I'd ever done for the town. What happened in the woods is the clue to why the shootings happened, Prof Jackson believes. He liked to think of himself as a soldier, skilled at surveillance without being seen himself. The damage to Michael Ryan's house after he set fire to it. Ryan also killed his family dog and set fire to his house. "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. He later died of shock and haemorrhage from the bullet wound to his neck. What she found was houses on fire, people lying dead in their gardens and smashed cars lining the street. "As soon as there's been a shooting, some journalist will call. 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. "'Some blokes gone mad with a gun', they said. Betty Tolladay, 71, had heard loud bangs, and thinking it was children playing with firecrackers, had come out into her back garden to shout at them to keep the noise down. He carried on, shooting Mrs Godfrey 13 times until he ran out of ammunition. "There was a picture of my dad, dead in a car with a blanket over him. Ryan looked at her with extremely vacant eyes and a strange grin, before moving off eastwards along a footpath leading to Hungerford Common. I should have said but I didnt want to worry anyone. 'It's a show that I'm passionate about': Will Mellor on 'Cops Who Kill'. With Craig Jackson, Donal MacIntyre, Sean Preston, Michael Ryan. 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. Michael used to play at Mrs Jackson's home with one of her sons. 6 - George White 11 - Eric Vardy Ryan said he would not exit the building until he had news of his mothers condition.Some of the things Ryan shouted out the window to Brightwell were, Hungerford must be a bit of a mess; If only the police car hadnt turned up. I mean, there's no legitimate reason anyone would need to have a Kalashnikov - but it was legal. It wasnt long before investigators discovered, via ballistics analysis, that her death was connected to those that happened subsequently in Hungerford that afternoon. There was a terrible burning pain. Some reports were inaccurate, giving the wrong location. 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. When that didn't bring him the respect he was looking for, he grabbed his guns and set out to kill as many people as he could. He would also brag to people about things he had not done, in a string of lies that made him seem far more capable and experienced than he actually was. 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. "She was dead on the ground, on her front just by the drive of our house. Pathologists determined she was killed by the first three bullets. "Dorothy came past me, and she looked into the car and I remember it as clear as day. The Hungerford police were already undertaking a manhunt for the killer and a police helicopter spotted Ryan. Also, he had never before bought so much petrol at one time, making Dean suspicious, so she kept an eye on him.Whilst Dean served another customer, Ian George, Ryan went to the boot of his car and brought out a semi-automatic rifle. "I think he fully intended to fake his own death at home and disappear at that point," says Prof Jackson. 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. 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. 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 was still labouring under the impression that there might have been a shooting accident. It is known that he made her put her son and daughter, aged two and four, in her car. She ducked below her counter just as a bullet pierced the safety glass above it and ricocheted through the small shop behind her. 10 - Douglas Wainwright "I assumed it had been some sort of accident with glass and that Lisa had been cut," she says. I was on the floor. The primary school where Marjorie Jackson was a caretaker had broken up for the summer holidays. The woman did not believe them at first but agreed to help them find her. At about 16:45, police entered the playground. Inside, PC Roger Brereton, a traffic officer who had volunteered to investigate, was slumped against the steering wheel, clearly dead. 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 broke down in tears," Mr Wainwright says. The Victims - 19 August 1987: Susan Godfrey, 35 shot and died, Kakoub Dean shot at (missed, then firearm malfunctioned), Police Constable Roger Brereton shot and died, Hazel Haslett windscreen shot, injured by glass and survived, Kathleen Wainwright, 62 shot and survived, Man from 62 Priory Road shot and survived, Woman from 71 Priory Road shot and survived. But this did actually ring true. Prof Craig Jackson believes Ryan had a sexual motive. She remembers Michael as quiet and polite. At 6.52 pm, Brightwell heard a single muffled shot from the classroom. I couldnt move my legs. Two days later, Mr Playle died from his injuries. Trevor can't move out to his own place. She told him someone was shooting across the back gardens of their road. With blood running down his face, he could only watch through half-closed eyes as Dorothy Ryan, Michaels mother, arrived home from the Wednesday market. It was Jane, PC Wainwright's then-wife. That was possibly even worse than hearing it the first time.". I still get dreadful pain in my back. The manager later reported that Ryan spent a lot of time at the club and that he was a very good shot, showing consistent accuracy over large distances. Michael Ryan: The Hungerford Massacre: Directed by Adam Luria. I've never run so fast. Ian Playle, the last victim to be fatally shot, had in fact been warned of the danger in South View by police. On 19 August 1987, gunman Michael Ryan went on the rampage in the small town of Hungerford. The horrific Hungerford Massacre was finally over. They survived, although Alison still has a bullet inside her. Ivor Jacksons wife, Marjorie, had called him whilst Ryan was aiming a gun at her. He took no heed of her pleas and pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. "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. She had started the day wearing yellow trousers, borrowed from her sister. What happened to the Hatton Garden burglars? Police surrounded the school building and Brightwell worked to establish communication with Ryan and ultimately to persuade him to surrender. Unfortunately, the bullet travelled up into Alisons lower back, leaving her permanently disabled. Mr Lepetit said: "I gave him a hand one week, and the next he shot me and set fire to my house.". There was no way he would miss. "[Mr Ryan] was quite the bully. 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. Not academically gifted nor particularly driven, Ryan was unremarkable at school.
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