The third victim of the Reading terror attack has been named in reports as David Wails.
Michael Main, a friend of Wails and the other two victims, told the BBC he knew him as a regular at The Blagrave Arms pub.
He said: “I drank with David probably every day. Every time I was in there, he was in there. We’d have a lot of banter. He was a banter person. He’s the one that hits me the most because I know him more and it’s just sad to know he’s gone so early.”
Wails was named locally on Monday afternoon, after tributes were paid to Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, originally from Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, and history teacher James Furlong, 36.
A heart-shaped floral tribute to the three men could be seen outside the bar on Monday afternoon, alongside candles and a note which read: “The Blagrave Arms management and staff are devastated at the announcement that the three people who died in the Forbury Gardens attack on Saturday were regular customers and very dear friends of ours.
Our hearts go out to their family and friends, and the other victims of this horrific incident.”
Alongside the names “Dave, James and Joe”, the text said: “We will never forget you. RIP.”
A message among the flowers paid tribute to the trio, adding: “Our friends were the kindest, most genuine, and most loveliest people in our community that we had the pleasure in knowing.
