Thomas Watt Hamilton

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Thomas Watt Hamilton Full Name: Thomas Watt Hamilton Alias: Dunblane Shooter Origin: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Occupation: Scout leader (formerly) Skills: Shooting Goals: Kill children in Dunblane Primary School (succeeded until he committed suicide) Crimes: Mass murder Terrorism Possessing child pornography Type of Villain: School Shooter

Thomas Watt Hamilton (May 10, 1952 - March 13, 1996) was the man responsible for the Dunblane Massacre, which is regarded as the worst mass murder involving firearms in the United Kingdom - he killed 16 pupils as well as their teacher, before turning the gun on himself.

Hamilton's motives remain unknown, though there were complaints to police regarding his suspicious behaviour towards the young boys who attended the youth clubs he directed. There were suspicions prior to the massacre that Hamilton's interest in boys was paedophilic with more than one complaint being made regarding him having taken photographs of semi-naked boys without the parents' consent.

Hamilton had been a Scout leader with the 4th/6th Stirling and 24th Stirlingshire troops of the Scout Association. Several complaints were made about his leadership, notably including two occasions when Scouts were forced to sleep with Hamilton in his van during hill-walking expeditions. Hamilton's Scout Warrant was withdrawn on 13 May 1974, with the County Commissioner stating that he was "suspicious of his moral intentions towards boys".

He claimed in letters that rumours about him led to the failure of his shop business in 1993, and in the last months of his life he complained again that his attempts to organise a boys' club were subject to persecution by local police and the scout movement. Among those to whom he complained were local MP Michael Forsyth and Queen Elizabeth. In the 1980s, another MP, George Robertson, who resided in Dunblane, had complained to Forsyth about Hamilton's local boys' club, which his son had attended. On the day following the massacre, Robertson spoke of having argued with Hamilton "in my own home".

On 19 March 1996, six days after the massacre, the body of Thomas Hamilton was cremated in privacy.

Victims

Students

1. Victoria Elizabeth Clydesdale - May 16, 1990 (5 years)
2. Emma Elizabeth Crozier - April 6, 1991 (4 years)
3. Melissa Helen Currie - January 11, 1990 (6 years)
4. Charlotte Louise Dunn - August 8, 1990 (5 years)
5. Kevin Allan Hasell - October 23, 1990 (5 years)
6. Ross William Irvine - August 20, 1990 (5 years)
7. David Charles Kerr - November 28, 1990 (5 years)
8. Mhairi Isabel MacBeath - November 5, 1990 (5 years)
9. Brett McKinnon - January 17, 1990 (6 years)
10. Abigail Joanne McLennan - May 30, 1990 (5 years)
11. Emily Morton - June 21, 1990 (5 years)
12. Sophie Jane North - October 2, 1990 (5 years)
13. John Petrie - 1990 (5-6 years)
14. Joanna Caroline Ross - May 28, 1990 (5 years)
15. Hannah Louise Scott - November 28, 1990 (5 years)
16. Megan Turner - November 10, 1990 (5 years)

Teachers

1. Gwen Mayor - 1951 (45 years)