In the ambulance on the way to hospital in Swindon, Ivor Jackson's heart had twice stopped beating. One of the boys she was with went to fetch his mother, Sylvia Pascoe, a qualified first-aider who lived at No 14. Shortly after Ms Haslett escaped South View, her colleague Derek Whiting arrived in a second ambulance, completely unaware that a gunman was at large. Now, as his colleague, quantity surveyor George White, drove him home to check on his wife, they came across Ryan. His favourite toy was Action Man, the commando-type plastic doll, kitted out with uniforms and weapons. It just seemed to happen quite a lot.". She thinks he saw Mrs Godfrey and her children having a picnic and enjoying themselves. 'It's a show that I'm passionate about': Will Mellor on 'Cops Who Kill'. If only my car had started. Police in action during a Gun siege in Hungerford, Berkshire. The press helicopters were in the way of police trying to track Ryan and this allowed him to get away again. Dorothy then saw her son with a gun in his hand and called to him, saying, Stop Michael. Semi-automatic rifles Ryan used during his rampage. At 6.52 pm, Brightwell heard a single muffled shot from the classroom. 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. This seemed to fit the profile of Michael Ryan. He sprayed their car with 11 bullets, Ivor Jackson was shot three times in the chest and once in the head and White was shot too, dying as their car smashed into the police car Ryan had shot at earlier. 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. She said: 'Oh no Ivor, not you.'". She was still wearing it, soaked now with Lisa Mildenhall's blood, when she was finally allowed back home. He carried on, shooting Mrs Godfrey 13 times until he ran out of ammunition. He got me in my lower back. "I think he fully intended to fake his own death at home and disappear at that point," says Prof Jackson. It started with an assumed attempted sexual assault, but Ryan went on to kill many close acquaintances in his hometown. Sent them away.". Trevor Wainwright, Hungerfords usual bobby on the beat, was on a day off. Ryan's mother Dorothy was shot not far from her home in South View as she pleaded with her son to stop the shooting. He was John Storms, 49, a washing machine engineer who had been called out to Hungerford Park Farm on business. Write by: . "Perhaps he killed her in panic when she attempted to run away.". "I said I needed a bit of help at home but I didn't say what had happened. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Hungerford the day after the attack, Mrs Thatcher meets police and people affected by the incident, This aerial shot shows people fleeing the attack, A Floral tribute outside Hungerford Town Hall, A shocked policeman cradling a young girl after her father was brutally murdered, Graham Brunsden was one of many who risked their lives trying to help the victims, Vicar in church with people praying in Hungerford, Janet Mason whose parents, pensioners Roland and Sheila Mason, were among those killed, along with her husband, two children and brother Chris, Marlyne Vardy at the funeral of husband Eric, Police attend a press conference the day after the incident, Dorothy and Alfred Ryan, parents of murderer Michael Ryan. The bullet had passed through his skull and shattered his brain. He's dead. It was a good day to spend in the garden - hot and sunny. "After what happened, lots of people split up," says Ivor Jackson. The Hoddle Street massacre was committed by a former soldier who wore combat fatigues. "Then he shot her again, twice, in the back, from about four inches away.". 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. Former mummy blogger Clemmie Hooper is facing a midwifery misconduct hearing - three years after she confessed to trolling other influencers on a gossip forum. Ryan has also been documented on internet sites devoted to mass murder. Mark Howe murdered his mother Katrina Wardle in a brutal knife attack. Whilst people did recognise that she was a victim, Canon John Reynolds, who conducted the service, selected not to mention her son and only made a brief reference to the Hungerford massacre. When he was 13 his mother bought him an air rifle. If this was his plan, it fell to pieces when his car would not restart. 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. hungerford massacre photos. Godfreys children watched as he climbed into his car, which was parked next to theirs, and drive away without a word to them. Ryan hadnt stopped there, though. The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 was passed in the wake of the massacre. He ordered her to put her children in the car, which she did immediately, strapping them in and telling them to wait there for her, that she would be back soon. "I got into the house and slammed the door. He returned to South View to find bodies on the ground and was asked by police to identify them. He believes Ryan would get an illicit sexual thrill during his woodland trips and obtain pleasure and a sense of accomplishment from following and watching people unseen. When Ryan was old enough, he purchased a shotgun and began to collect other weapons, which he proudly displayed in a glass cabinet in his bedroom. It was market day in Hungerford, a balmy Wednesday, 19 August 1987. Police during the investigation in August 1987, Killer Michael Robert Ryan murdered several people while they were driving, The remains of Michael Ryan's house in South View, after he set fire to it. 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. She parked behind Whites car and opening the door and looking in, said, Oh Ivor and then hurried up the road. It was confirmed that Michael Robert Ryan had fatally shot himself at 6.52 pm on Wednesday, 19 August 1987, with a single gunshot to the head. "I thought: 'How the hell can I go and see her if they're all blaming me? George sped off on his motorcycle. "There were no big wounds at the back of Lisa's legs. S02:E04 - Peter Sutcliffe - the Yorkshire Ripper. The police were not certain if Ryan had shot himself or just fired off a round. He headed straight there and was greeted by a nurse who said Kathleen was fine and Douglas was in the operating theatre. Shortly after midday, Michael Ryan had approached Susan Godfrey, who was picnicking in nearby Savernake Forest. In his right hand, tied to his wrist with a bootlace, was his Beretta pistol. Without replying, Ryan shot his mother twice in the stomach and once in the leg. "It's funny, I've killed all those people but I don't have the guts to blow my own brains out.". When he slowed down to see what was happening, Ryan shot him in the head with the AK-47 and he died instantly. Flowers began arriving at the town hall, where the flag flew at half-mast. The couple have been married for 60 years and celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary in January. Mr Gibbs tried to protect his wife, who was a wheelchair user. The town had long been a tourist destination. "If he had the choice - to die from a horrible disease like that, or be shot, I know he'd choose the bullet. 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. Unfortunately, the bullet travelled up into Alisons lower back, leaving her permanently disabled. Ryan had killed 16 people, including his mother, and wounded 15 others. AETNUK All Rights Reserved. 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. Despite his elaborate fantasies, however, Ryan was not mentally ill. Medical reports show he had no history of mental illness - in fact, his doctor had countersigned Ryan's gun applications. Eric Vardy, a carpenter and van driver for Norland Nursery College, was on his way with passenger, Steven Ball, to a builders supplier. Linda was hit in the shoulder and Alison in the right thigh. Shotguns had to be registered and were required to be kept in secure storage. When Michael Ryan went on a killing spree in Hungerford in 1987, the news - like last week's shootings in Cumbria - shocked the country. 6 were already dead.". Slaughter on a warm summer's day: The Hungerford Massacre. The birds didn't sing again for five days.". "I always encouraged him to talk about what happened, and one day he whispered to me and asked if he could use a rude word. She told him someone was shooting across the back gardens of their road. He noticed the blue flashing light on the police car and decided to stroll up to ask the officer what was going on. He wounded a further 15 before turning the gun on himself. Inside, PC Roger Brereton, a traffic officer who had volunteered to investigate, was slumped against the steering wheel, clearly dead. Lepetit had heard about shooting in his neighbourhood and was hurrying home to check on his family. Then he shot at Mrs Dean and sped back to South View where he set fire to his home and shot dead his dog, Blackie. "In fact, I first thought it was another lad who lived there. Ryan headed across the playing fields, still shooting. 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. Ryan, an unemployed laborer and an antique dealer, was walking in Hungerford, Berkshire, on a summer afternoon when he targeted his first victim - a mother of two children in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, at 12:30 pm. They had heard the sounds of the shots being fired and were terrified. However, the jovial atmosphere was soon to be shattered and peoples lives changed forever.Savernake Forest, a popular recreational area seven miles from Hungerford, was a favourite haunt of Ryans, where he would spend great deals of time pretending to be on army manoeuvres. Continuing to live with his parents, his doting and indulgent mother would pay for anything he could not afford, including cars, petrol, insurance, and even his first gun, an air rifle. Documented on internet sites devoted to mass murder wedding anniversary in January in. Dorothy was shot not far from her home in South View to find bodies on the beat was. 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