The man, Douglas Wainwright, hit twice in the chest and once in the head, died instantly but his wounded wife, Kathleen Wainwright survived. Chief Inspector Lambert had sent Sergeant Paul Brightwell and his team of eight officers from the Tactical Firearms Unit to investigate the school, unaware that this was indeed the exact location of the killer. Mrs Jackson can remember Mrs Ryan telling her about a mysterious "friend" Michael had made. 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. The speed with which he carried out his agenda indicates an element of forethought. ", Kathleen Wainwright later moved to Hungerford to be near her son. The primary school where Marjorie Jackson was a caretaker had broken up for the summer holidays. Mrs Gibbs died several days later, in hospital. He got me in my lower back. It was calculated that during the most intense period of Ryans rampage, he had killed an average of one person per minute. ]]> 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. Because the road was blocked by PC Brereton and Mr White's car, he and his partner could not drive their ambulance up, so he went on foot. His wife, who had a bullet in her spine, was not expected to walk again. Changing his mind, he retrieved it and carried on walking, away from town. But what he did not realise was he was personally affected by the shootings. "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. 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. Still shooting, Ryan then walked to the end of the road, went along a footpath and made his way across some playing fields. George sped off on his motorcycle. 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. 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. "Members of the public were in the station with the police. By the time Dean looked back at him, he had assumed a shooting position, with the rifle aimed directly at her. "I don't think he fully intended to commit a killing spree that day. Dorothy Ryan tried to reason with her son. In less than an hour, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had killed 12 of their classmates and 1 teacher, injuring 24. 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. The couple have been married for 60 years and celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary in January. Then he realised the policemans wounds had not been caused by a shotgun but by a semi-automatic rifle. On 19 August 1987, gunman Michael Ryan went on the rampage in the small town of Hungerford. Write by: . S02:E05 - Thomas Watt Hamilton: Dunblane Massacre. 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. "I just thought: 'They dont want outsiders. 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. Just after midday, on 19 August 1987, the 27-year-old unemployed Ryan entered a secluded area of Savernake Forest. The other three ducked down on the floor but Ryan fired at Lisa. Terrified, crying and huddled against the wall, she begged him not to kill her. It seemed that whilst he was in the midst of a murderous rampage, he still felt the need to protect children. The damage to Michael Ryan's house after he set fire to it. His face, she says, was expressionless. He cannot even pass the end of the road. 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. While Ryan roamed Hungerford, murdering and maiming people he'd known for years, a woman lay dead in Savernake Forest. Rather than getting away from the carnage in South View, he started to check the houses to find and help the injured. Ryan spotted another shocked neighbour, Marjorie Jackson, peering through the window at the dead bodies and shot her as well. "He used to wear camouflage gear, that sort of thing. On 19 August 1987, gunman Michael Ryan went on the rampage in the small town of Hungerford. But we've stuck by each other.". 1 - Roland Mason He can barely speak about his friend, George White. He liked to think of himself as a soldier, skilled at surveillance without being seen himself. Dr Yardley says Ryan would have learned how to treat women from how his father treated his mother. "She asked me what my dad looked like," he says. Say the name Hungerford and most people will associate the town with the events of Wednesday, 19 August, 1987. There he announced that he had commissioned a report on the massacre from the Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, Colin Smith. Their younger son Trevor, who had been 18 in 1987, is being treated for PTSD while his older brother Peter, who was in the same year as Ryan at school, refuses to talk about that day. The phone lines were inundated with people trying to call police - journalists were taking up many of the lines - and the police radio system, which only had three channels, was similarly overloaded. The young policeman wondered whether he should see if he could do anything to help. Fifteen vehicles were taken away for forensic examination. A former school friend remembers a teenage Ryan boasting of spying on and stalking people there. I was on the floor. 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. Ron Tarry, Hungerfords Mayor, claimed that the locals were in shock and speaking in hushed tones and that it was the press and others who had flocked to the scene who were doing the drinking in pubs. 8 - Francis Butler Prof Craig Jackson, a psychologist who specialises in spree killers, thinks there was also a sexual motive. She was inordinately lucky not to have been shot by him. It was on August 19 1987 that loner and gun fanatic Michael Ryan went on a shooting rampage in Hungerford, a market town in Berkshire. "I said he could, and he said: 'When that man shot that man, all of the birds flew out of the trees and shat themselves'. She told him someone was shooting across the back gardens of their road. There was no way he would miss. In his right hand, tied to his wrist with a bootlace, was his Beretta pistol. He uses it against the people he has grown up with and against the unarmed police that are called. He carried on, shooting Mrs Godfrey 13 times until he ran out of ammunition. But she wasn't. He also had a more sinister motivation for visiting the woodland. He would become extremely angry if people did not believe him and his mother would often confirm these lies to people, in a desperate effort to help her son feel better. He wounded a further 15 before turning the gun on himself. Ryan immediately turned to Alan Lepetit, a coalman who had helped install the Chubb steel cabinet for Ryans firearm collection. 'It's a show that I'm passionate about': Will Mellor on 'Cops Who Kill'. Inside, PC Roger Brereton, a traffic officer who had volunteered to investigate, was slumped against the steering wheel, clearly dead. Classmates remember he was quiet, seemed shy, "kept himself to himself" and was keen on the military. 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. Their pictures were a grim account of the trail of destruction and death that Ryan had left in his wake. I knew I had to help.". That was possibly even worse than hearing it the first time.". 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. The police officers at the scene did not apprehend him at this point, as they were unarmed. Ryan was finally cornered and an armed officer trained his sights on him. "It was a massacre," she says. As the brothers were cleaning up, a reporter burst in. Mayor Tarry claimed it to be the day on which life in the town could begin once more. "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. Even now Mr Jackson has not been back to South View. "You know, it's funny. Then he shot himself. Ryan was 25 when his father died of cancer in 1985. The Hoddle Street massacre was committed by a former soldier who wore combat fatigues. 11 - Eric Vardy Popular cab driver, Marcus Bernard, 30, was en route to visit his wife and newborn son in the local hospital. 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. Stop it, you stupid bugger!. He had what appeared to be a normal upbringing, although he was perhaps overindulged by his mother. His real passions were cars and guns. Amongst others also later commended for their bravery were ambulance-women Hazel Haslett and Linda Bright, who had been shot at by Ryan but who had continued working selflessly late into the night to help other victims.It was reported in the tabloid newspapers that following the public announcement of Ryans death, the people of Hungerford reacted with relieved delight. 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. It was about 10 minutes since Mrs Jackson had asked her husband to return home and the two men had no idea of the danger into which they were heading. Over the moon at the news of his father's survival, PC Wainwright telephoned his brothers and sister. 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. Next to him, in the passenger seat, Ivor Jackson was also shot in his arm, chest and head. Although many neighbours described Mr Ryan as a pleasant man, there were rumours he was especially strict with his son. 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. The Whitings' son Matthew, who was 11 at the time, was with his childminder in the playground and saw Mr Butler being shot. Ian Playle, the last victim to be fatally shot, had in fact been warned of the danger in South View by police. It's testament to her own strength of mind that she did. "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. Press intrusion is something the Jacksons continue to feel very strongly about. Meanwhile, police were busy getting some people to safety and preventing others from going where they thought Ryan might move to next. He found low-paid work as a caretaker at a girls school. His victims included his own mother and police officer Roger Brereton - who was later posthumously awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct. He took the firearms, packed the pockets of his flak jacket with ammunition and marched off down the road. "Then he shot her again, twice, in the back, from about four inches away.". He pulled the wheeled stretcher with him and managed to load both Mr and Mrs Jackson and Lisa Mildenhall into the ambulance. "The tourist buses would just park where they usually did and then people used to come up here on foot," Trevor Jackson says. Armed with an automatic rifle, a pistol and at least one. The help will come from within the community'. As Mr White turned his Toyota Crown into South View, he was shot in the head and died instantly. When Michael Ryan went on a killing spree in Hungerford in 1987, the news - like last week's shootings in Cumbria - shocked the country. 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. This seemed to fit the profile of Michael Ryan. Now, as his colleague, quantity surveyor George White, drove him home to check on his wife, they came across Ryan. Ryan approached, looked at him and shot him three times. Getty Images offers exclusive rights-ready and premium royalty-free analog, HD, and 4K video of the highest quality. After the murders, though, visitors were less satisfied by remaining in the attractive main street. 33 years ago today, a sleepy Berkshire town was rocked by one of the most shocking mass shootings ever seen in the UK. Two days later, Mr Playle died from his injuries. Dr Yardley thinks he planned them well in advance. He then asked the time and was silent for a while. He threw his Kalashnikov out of the window, leaving him with only his 9mm Beretta and ammunition. However, they stipulated that Ryan install a suitable Chubb steel cabinet in which to safely lock his weapons. 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. 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.". At another point, close to the end, he said, I wish I had stayed in bed. 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. Later that night, the clear-up began. S02:E03 - Michael Ryan - the Hungerford Massacre. 2 - Sheila Mason Select from premium Hungerford Michael Ryan of the highest quality. 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. Access was blocked for the fire engine called to deal with the fire Ryan had started in his own home and which had already spread to three neighbouring properties. Ryan fired at them and Victor died instantly, whilst Myrtle died later in hospital. Short for his age, Ryan was often teased and bullied but never retaliated and consequently avoided other children. But, although the house was cleaned and modernised and made available for them, they could not bear to return. "He was as good as gold. I probably did three or four of these checks a week. He claimed he had been taken under the wing of a retired colonel who was going to buy him a house and a Ferrari. I couldnt move my legs. Say the name Hungerford and most people will associate the town with the events of Wednesday, 19 August, 1987. 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. Another reporter followed their sister home from the hospital. Why are you doing this?. "I think he fully intended to fake his own death at home and disappear at that point," says Prof Jackson. 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. "He was a good man. And she said I'm really sorry. He tried pulling the trigger twice more, but both times the rifle failed to fire. If there is a shooting elsewhere in the world, he braces himself for his phone to ring. Slaughter on a warm summer's day: The Hungerford Massacre. The case of Michael Ryan, who went on a killing spree in the small town of Hungerford, resulting in the murder of 16 people, including his own mother. He then shot her in the back with a Beretta pistol. The Hungerford police were already undertaking a manhunt for the killer and a police helicopter spotted Ryan. He became a skilled shooter and member of two gun clubs. Dr Yardley believes Ryan was attempting to wrest some sort of control from society. But, he reasoned, it was his day off. "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. The local Hungerford police station was in the process of being renovated and had only two telephone lines working on that day. As Mr Playle rounded a bend in Priory Street, Ryan fired a single shot. "She'd just say she'd fallen over or something. I couldn't walk. "I went to help and she said Michael Ryan had shot her. "And then I remembered the name.