"If he had the choice - to die from a horrible disease like that, or be shot, I know he'd choose the bullet. Both died instantly. Back at the police station, PC Wainwright was told his mother had been taken to hospital in Swindon. Hungerford is a big shooting area, farmers and gun clubs and that sort of thing. "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. 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. Adding to the sound of gunfire in the area was the fact that the Thames Valley firearms squad were in training, about 40 miles away. The incident prompted the government to change gun laws, banning semi-automatic and pump-action rifles. Their pictures were a grim account of the trail of destruction and death that Ryan had left in his wake. But this did actually ring true. Michael Ryan: The Hungerford Massacre: Directed by Adam Luria. The smiling Ryan shot 11 rounds from his semi-automatic at another car that drove into the street. Trevor can't move out to his own place. 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. Paying no attention to the police or the press, Ryan seemed oblivious to anything other than his hell-bent mission to kill everyone in his path. The Jacksons had loved their home on South View, with its large garden, and were in the process of buying it. Ryan was a shy child with a keen interest in the military. Ryan was finally cornered and an armed officer trained his sights on him. Julian Knight killed seven people in Melbourne. Short for his age, Ryan was often teased and bullied but never retaliated and consequently avoided other children. "The tourist buses would just park where they usually did and then people used to come up here on foot," Trevor Jackson says. Ryan looked in through the kitchen window and pointed his gun at her. He also knew the day would end in the loss of his own life, so in effect he was choosing when to die.". George White and PC Roger Brereton were in their cars when they were shot. The Hungerford police were already undertaking a manhunt for the killer and a police helicopter spotted Ryan. "I went to help and she said Michael Ryan had shot her. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of Terms and Conditions. He walked up to where she lay in the road and, with the gun only four inches from her, shot her twice in the back, killing her. "I thought: 'How the hell can I go and see her if they're all blaming me? 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 she found Ryan, who shot her once. The other three ducked down on the floor but Ryan fired at Lisa. S02:E04 - Peter Sutcliffe - the Yorkshire Ripper. Ryan fired at helicopters from this window. Ryan shot Lepetit twice in the arm and once in the back as he fled. "The station was locked, so I let myself in with a key. 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. What happened in the woods is the clue to why the shootings happened, Prof Jackson believes. "When you work for the ambulance service, you do your best to help people," Mr Whiting says. It is thought he might not have heard the commotion. Storms survived the shooting. 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. "[Mr Ryan] was quite the bully. It just seemed to happen quite a lot.". It's testament to her own strength of mind that she did. The speed with which he carried out his agenda indicates an element of forethought. All over Berkshire, the funerals that followed the massacre were deeply poignant. "She tried to tell Michael to stop and he shot her at close range," Mr Jackson adds. 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. In the neighbouring forest he found Godfreys body, about 250 feet from her car. Mrs Godfrey was killed at about 12:30 BST and Mrs Dean was shot at just five minutes later at the petrol station. Someone had shot at the cashier, Kakoub Dean. "Then he shot her again, twice, in the back, from about four inches away.". South View became a popular haunt for tourists. These include Lonewolf: True Stories of Spree Killers (May 2002) by Pan Pantziarka and The Encyclopedia of Mass Murder by Brian Lane and Wilfred Gregg (1993). "It was a massacre," she says. I knew I had to be the strong one of the family, I knew Ivor wouldn't cope.". He tried starting his car but to no avail. Read about our approach to external linking. In a grove of trees headed by an ancient standing stone, near the cricket pitch used by the school in Hungerford where gunman Michael Ryan holed up, a body last night lay covered by a blanket. [CDATA[// >