Ryan intimated he might be prepared to give himself up. People came to buy goods, eat in the restaurants and stay at the inns. And she said I'm really sorry. Dorothy Ryan tried to reason with her son. 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. Prime Minister Mrs Thatcher interrupted her Cornish holiday to visit Hungerford. It was during this time that he lost his caretaker job. Brightwell answered that he did not know at the time but was attempting to find out, and continued to persuade him to drop his weapons and come outside. He then asked the time and was silent for a while. Harries later received the Queens Commendation for Brave Conduct. Every single time.". Abdul Rahman Khan, was shot in his garden; George White, was shot in South View while driving Ivor Jackson home from work. "Perhaps he killed her in panic when she attempted to run away.". Bernard was the tenth fatality on that bloody Wednesday. 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. The Hungerford massacre occurred in Hungerford, Berkshire, England, on August 19, 1987. Sandra Hill, was shot while driving; Jack and Myrtle Gibbs, were shot in their home in Priory Road; and Ian Playle was shot while driving into Hungerford on a shopping trip with his wife and two children. I knew I had to be the strong one of the family, I knew Ivor wouldn't cope.". Hazel Haslett escaped with minor injuries. Mrs Pascoe stemmed the bleeding and stayed with the girl until an ambulance arrived. Storms survived the shooting. 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. Prof Craig Jackson believes Ryan had a sexual motive. Further delays were caused by the firearms squad being in training about 40 miles away. Mr Lepetit said: "I gave him a hand one week, and the next he shot me and set fire to my house.". 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. What happened to the Hatton Garden burglars? One of the boys she was with went to fetch his mother, Sylvia Pascoe, a qualified first-aider who lived at No 14. Still shooting, Ryan then walked to the end of the road, went along a footpath and made his way across some playing fields. The John O'Gaunt School where shooter Michael Robert Ryan killed himself. Over 20 mass shootings have occurred in the US since the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. Seeing two of his neighbours, Roland and Sheila Mason, in their back garden, he shot Roland six times and Sheila once, in the head. Armed with three guns, he had already murdered six people and seriously injured seven more. 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. Eric Vardy, a carpenter and van driver for Norland Nursery College, was on his way with passenger, Steven Ball, to a builders supplier. "I told her he had tattoos, was about 6ft 1in and had grey hair. 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. "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 woman did not believe them at first but agreed to help them find her. As they drove up Tarrants Hill, their windscreen was shattered by a spray of bullets and Vardy was hit twice, under the chin and in the torso. Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attacking seven other women. They lived a few doors from each other and their families were friends. 10 - Douglas Wainwright After all, he was in the area and knew Mrs Dean. South View became a popular haunt for tourists. 7 - Dorothy Ryan I thought I was safe.". "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. [CDATA[// >