Even now Mr Jackson has not been back to South View. The Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, who was on holiday in Cornwall at the time, was notified of the events and kept informed via a special phone line from Downing Street. Bob Barclay, a local builder and nearby resident, risking his own life, bravely ran out and dragged Storms from his car, managing to half crouch and half run with Storms into the safety of his garden. He is still haunted, he says, by the photograph of his father dead in his car. They usually hang up if a journalist approaches them and refuse to have their photograph taken in connection with the shooting. "I went to help and she said Michael Ryan had shot her. His wife and children had been in the car but were unhurt. The birds didn't sing again for five days.". Seeing two of his neighbours, Roland and Sheila Mason, in their back garden, he shot Roland six times and Sheila once, in the head. Critics said the . Ryan was lying slumped in the corner, near a window, apparently dead.The rest of the unit entered the room and checked that he was not wired with explosives as a booby trap. But how did the town heal its wounds? His real passions were cars and guns. Both died instantly. Short for his age, Ryan was often teased and bullied but never retaliated and consequently avoided other children. Similarly the Whitings, for years, simply drew their curtains and refused to answer the door. Brereton was hit by four of the bullets and died in his car. Besotted with the military, Ryan bought army jackets, survival gear and masks. "We were all told to lie down and not move. Ryan then abandoned his M1 carbine in the Memorial Gardens. The mother-of-four, 38, from Kent . "I thought: 'How the hell can I go and see her if they're all blaming me? "It was just routine. That's not him. "Theres no two ways about it. Because Ryan burned down his home, any evidence of planning was destroyed. Then Ryan had shot and killed Abdul Khan, a hard-of-hearing 84-year-old who was gardening. "And then I remembered the name. Mrs Jackson noticed he was holding a gun in each hand. On 19 August 1987, the 27-year-old loner was in licensed possession of two shotguns, three pistols and two semi-automatic rifles. 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. She managed to drag herself into her house and survived. The Hungerford massacre occurred in Hungerford, Berkshire, England, on August 19, 1987. The dog and its pursuer rounded a bend before disappearing from view. But we've stuck by each other.". 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. Slaughter on a warm summer's day: The Hungerford massacre, 47 minutes of horror: The Columbine massacre, Rampage killers : shooters without remorse, America's 8 deadliest mass shootings since Columbine, Crime + Investigation Play - What to watch in March 2023. Victims were taken to the Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon. After some time, young Hannah unbuckled their seatbelts, so they could go in search of their mother. Having chased the spaniel away, Ryan returned. Ryan then shot at an ambulance, shattering its windscreen, as it was trying to reach some of the victims in a narrow lane. ", PC Roger Brereton's funeral was held near Newbury. She told him someone was shooting across the back gardens of their road. ]]> Shotguns had to be registered and were required to be kept in secure storage. Dorothy Ryan, Michaels mother, was a lunchtime supervisor at the primary school where Mrs Jackson worked. By the time Dean looked back at him, he had assumed a shooting position, with the rifle aimed directly at her. At 1.30 pm specially trained officers from the Tactical Firearms Unit were brought in and local police officers assembled closer to town. They'll do what we did. Whether Mrs Ryan truly believed her son's imaginings is impossible to tell. Dean called both her husband and the 999 emergency services. "It was a massacre," she says. About half an hour later, Mrs Roland-Clarke called him to the telephone. In a further twist of fate, the local police helicopter was in for repair but police mechanics eventually made it ready for flight and it was deployed at around the time Ryan shot his mother. Luckily she hadn't been injured. If there is a shooting elsewhere in the world, he braces himself for his phone to ring. "They couldnt cope. It seemed that whilst he was in the midst of a murderous rampage, he still felt the need to protect children. Although many neighbours described Mr Ryan as a pleasant man, there were rumours he was especially strict with his son. As Mr Playle rounded a bend in Priory Street, Ryan fired a single shot. The final shooting took place at about 13:45. The damage to Michael Ryan's house after he set fire to it. The Hungerford Family Help Unit was hastily established in makeshift offices, co-ordinated by John Smith, to help a community suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Scenes in Hungerford, Berkshire, following a gun siege in the town the day before, the event became known as the Hungerford massacre, pictured is the. 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. Prime Minister Mrs Thatcher interrupted her Cornish holiday to visit Hungerford. 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. He put some petrol in his car and some in a canister. 6 - George White 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. 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. 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. Dr Yardley says Ryan would have learned how to treat women from how his father treated his mother. He's dead. Mr Lepetit said: "I gave him a hand one week, and the next he shot me and set fire to my house.". One man was injured. Bernard was the tenth fatality on that bloody Wednesday. 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. 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. Semi-automatic rifles Ryan used during his rampage. You are frightening everybody to death. 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. 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. "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. The bullet entered her groin, smashed the top of her hip, part of her pelvis and the sciatic nerve, before exiting via her back. She remembers Michael as quiet and polite. Emerging from the house, dressed in a headband and sleeveless flak jacket, Ryan carried a bag filled with food and other supplies. Ryan then went to Froxtield petrol station, where he was watched by Mrs Kakoub Dean, wife of the owner, as he filled up his metallic silver Vauxhall Astra GTE, as well as a five-litre can. Find Hungerford Michael Ryan stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. "She was dead on the ground, on her front just by the drive of our house. '", Chief Inspector Laurie Fray and PC Colin Lilley hold Ryan's murder weapons. 5 - Abdul Khan "Then he shot her again, twice, in the back, from about four inches away.". "I turned to move away and he shot me. "After what happened, lots of people split up," says Ivor Jackson. "My daughter arranged it. Ms Haslett reversed rapidly and she and her partner escaped with only minor injuries. Slaughter on a warm summer's day: The Hungerford Massacre. It was following Alfred's death in 1985 that Mrs Ryan began appearing at work with visible bruises, Mrs Jackson says. I thought he'd come in and kill them.". Dean reported later that when she looked Ryan in the face, it seemed as if he was not even aware of her and was looking right through her. He also wanted to know if his dog had been found and if they had located his M1 carbine and its magazine, as he didnt want the children to find it and hurt themselves. In the ambulance on the way to hospital in Swindon, Ivor Jackson's heart had twice stopped beating. At about 16:45, police entered the playground. 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. As Mr White turned his Toyota Crown into South View, he was shot in the head and died instantly. document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Meanwhile, police were busy getting some people to safety and preventing others from going where they thought Ryan might move to next. Ian Playle, the last victim to be fatally shot, had in fact been warned of the danger in South View by police. It seemed that the guns gave Ryan the feeling of power and control that he had always lacked. It's difficult. The press helicopters were in the way of police trying to track Ryan and this allowed him to get away again. "We got a letter from the Queen," Mr Jackson adds. He was still labouring under the impression that there might have been a shooting accident. Ryan had been targeting people he happened across in streets and gardens. He looked at her. The local police station had only two working phone lines that day and the police helicopter was being repaired, delaying its deployment. S02:E03 - Michael Ryan - the Hungerford Massacre. Terrified, crying and huddled against the wall, she begged him not to kill her. "He used to say he could follow anyone and they wouldnt notice," said the friend. It was a good day to spend in the garden - hot and sunny. She seemed more concerned about her trousers than her wounds. ", Trevor Wainwright still lives in Hungerford. Mildenhall survived the shooting.Kenneth Clements was walking along the footpath with his family, towards South View, when Ryan appeared and shot him once, killing him instantly. 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. Either way, he turned away. We were good friends," he says. They had heard the sounds of the shots being fired and were terrified. Lisa Mildenhall, 14, was shot and wounded by Ryan, who had smiled at her whilst she crouched on the ground at her front door, and then shot her four times in the legs and stomach. Instead, Sgt Ryan said: "I dont know how to tell you this. I later realised that was because the bullets were still in her. "He certainly had no 'manifesto' or message to the world.". The Jacksons remember him as being a model-railway enthusiast and "a lovely man who would help you with anything". Whilst she waited for help to arrive, she watched Ryan jog up and down the road, shooting at anything that moved. There was a terrible burning pain. This powerful mix of emotions is often later expressed in an inappropriately violent response. An elderly neighbour, Dorothy Smith, 77 years old and deaf in one ear, had come out into the street to see what all the noise was about. [CDATA[// >