Along with the 1987 Hungerford massacre Killing , the 1989 Monkseaton shootings , and the 1996 Dunblane school massacre , it is one of the worst criminal acts involving firearms in British history .

The Hungerford massacre was a series of random shootings Use_firearm in Hungerford , England , on 19 August 1987 , when Michael Robert Ryan , an unemployed antique dealer and handyman , fatally shot Use_firearm 16 people , including a police officer , before shooting Use_firearm himself .

The Hungerford massacre was a series of random shootings Use_firearm in Hungerford , England , on 19 August 1987 , when Michael Robert Ryan , an unemployed antique dealer and handyman , fatally shot Use_firearm 16 people , including a police officer , before shooting Use_firearm himself .