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Kill Total: |
16
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Kill place: |
Hungerford |
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Kill date: |
19th August 1987 |
Victim(s): |
16 |
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Date of Birth: |
18th May 1960 |
Marital Status: |
Single |
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AKA: |
Unknown |
Occupation: |
Labourer |
27-year-old Michael Ryan shot dead 16
people and wounded 14 others in the small farming
community of Hungerford during the summer of 1987.
Armed with two
semi-automatic
rifles and a
handgun,
Ryan went on a "Rambo style" attack through
the streets of Hungerford, he barricaded himself in a
school building where he killed himself with a single
gunshot to his head. Ryan, loved guns and television
violence.
His killing spree had started in a forest just
outside of Hungerford, wearing combat fatigues Ryan killed
a woman who was preparing a picnic for her two children.
Then he drove back to his house and killed his mother and
the dog and set fire to the house. For the next two hours
Ryan moved through the town, randomly killing or wounding
anyone he met.
Ryan's mad rampage ended at the Local High
School. Despondent over having killed his mum and dog,
Ryan commented "I wish I had stayed in bed". After 4 hours
and several talks with the police, he ended his life with
the last round in his 9-mm. pistol. After his deadly
rampage the British government took steps to end the right
to have firearms, and to curtail television violence.
Also, the film Rambo III was banned in
several towns in the UK, because of Ryan's claim of being
inspired by Rambo movies.
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