U.S. Open Tennis Ace Andy Murray Survived Columbine-Type Mass School Shooting

The March 1996 attack was one of the worst firearm incidents in UK history and it made Murray’s hometown of Dunblane synonymous with mass shootings, much like the Columbine high school massacre in the U.S.

Murray was walking towards the gym where the slaughter took place, but dove under a desk in his headmaster’s office when the shooting started.

The tennis player rarely talks about the incident, but in his autobiography Hitting Back, he said: “Some of my friends’ brothers and sisters were killed.

“I have only retained patchy impressions of that day, such as being in a classroom singing songs."

Hamilton’s motive has never been revealed and the gunman -- a former scout leader in the small town -– shot himself at the crime scene.

Chillingly, not only did Murray know the killer, his mother sometimes gave the local man rides in her car.

“The weirdest thing was that we knew the guy,” the tennis champ wrote. “He had been in my mum’s car. It’s obviously weird to think you had a murderer in your car, sitting next to your mum.