THE Hungerford Massacre was a crime that sent shock waves across Britain in 1987. The horrific crime led to changes in the UK's gun laws. Michael Robert Ryan was born on May 18, 1960, in Wiltshire. He ...
It was the start of Britain’s worst gun massacre. By the end of the day 16 people were dead and several others were wounded by bullets as Ryan rampaged through the area shooting people at random.
On Aug. 19 a 27-year-old unemployed gun collector named Michael Ryan walked out of his home in Hungerford, England, wearing Rambo-style fatigues and carrying several guns. Less than an hour later he ...
"People just want to forget about it, but they can't," says Bryan Geater, whose daughter was nearly killed by gunman Michael Ryan 25 years ago. Say the name Hungerford and most people will associate ...
August 17, 1987 was a bright warm sunny day. In the Berkshire market town of Hungerford, Sue Godfrey packed a picnic and her two children into her car and headed for nearby Savernake Forest. In ...