#355 - The UK's Penultimate School Shooting (Higham Ferrers, Northants)

On Wednesday 8th of January 1988, at 3:25pm, expelled pupil 16-year-old Darren Fowler entered the Ferrers School in the town of Higham Ferrers with two knives, 25 cartridges and a shotgun. He had written a suicide note, and planned to get revenge on those who had wronged him. By 3:37pm, it was over. But unlike the Dunblane massacre, it is largely forgotten, and why, like the Dormers Wells school shooting did it not lead for stricter gun control? This was the UK’s penultimate school shooting.

Location: Ferrers School, Queensway, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire,
Date: Wednesday 8th of January 1988, 3:29pm to 3:37pm
Victims: Ronnie Sherratt, Simon Druce, Jane Lucas, Michael Cousins
Culprit: Darren Fowler

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