Sniper: The Hunt for the Killers Who Terrorized the Nation

Sniper: Inside the Hunt for the Killers Who Terrorized the Nation

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There were a whole series of shootings, sort of boom, boom, boom, boom right after, one after another that morning. Well, they realized by part way through the following morning that there was a serial attack underway. And over the course of time the - over the course of the next three weeks enough information leaked out so that they could identify the perpetrators and they were found in a - the parking lot of a rest stop on an interstate in rural Maryland. She firmly believes that this was a complex plot for Muhammad to regain custody of their children, who he had previously kidnapped.

This was all a way to create this sort of smoke screen so that he could then not only reclaim the children from whom hed lost custody but also be a hero in the process. Do you think thats true? I mean, these two people were at war - war to the death with each other. He had threatened to kill her when they lived in Tacoma. He told her you will never raise my children. You know, he she got custody of the kids in the beginning. He took them away from her. The authorities discovered him in Bellingham, Washington, took the children back.

And I think that what brought him here was his discovery that she was somewhere in this area. This is what she said. Muhammad, forgive me, John Muhammad is currently scheduled to be executed on November 10th. His accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, is sentenced to life without parole.

Do you have an opinion about those sentences? Obviously, this is the father of her children. So perhaps her feelings about this are rather complex. But what about the other victims? I know youve had the opportunity to speak with the families of many of the victims. What is their view about whats happened until and whats scheduled to take place today?

Some people dont want to talk about it anymore. One man, who I knew pretty well, whose wife was killed, practically hung up and said, you know, I dont Ive moved on, Ive remarried, Im not involved in it anymore. Other people are interested in seeing him die.

Convicted Sniper John Allen Muhammad To Be Executed at 9 P.M.

They want to be there. They want to watch it. There is a little sort of flavor of vengeance or retribution about their attitudes. And other people are just interested in justice. Dean Martin Dean Meyers family is, you know, wants to be there out of loyalty to him. They feel they owe it to him. They have been they went to the trial and theyve been there every step of the way and its just sort of a sense of justice and loyalty. What about the young man, Lee Boyd Malvo.

Hell spend the rest of his life in maximum security prison barring some extraordinary circumstances. And of course theres now some discussions in the Supreme Court about whether - I mean, of course, these were capital offences, so its a different issue. But there is some discussion now about people who commit these kind of heinous crimes as juveniles, whether there should be some consideration, but thats a whole other conversation.

But what is he up to now? Does he where is he on understanding - what happened and why he got caught up in all that?

You know, I dont know exactly where he is. I know that, you know, he, its my understanding he has taken some responsibility and has some remorse and realizes that, you know, what he did and - but I really dont know, you know, kind of where he stands on that. Malvo, after extensive psychological counseling, admitted that he was lying at the earlier Virginia trial where he had admitted to being the trigger-man for every shooting. Malvo claimed he had done this to try to save Muhammad from a potential death penalty sentence, as Malvo, being a minor, would not face the death penalty.

In his two days of testimony, Malvo outlined detailed aspects of all the shootings. Part of his testimony concerned Muhammad's complete multiphase plan. His plan consisted of three phases in the Washington, D. Phase One consisted of meticulously planning, mapping, and practicing their locations around the DC area.

This way after each shooting they would be able to quickly leave the area on a predetermined path, and move on to the next location. Muhammad's goal in Phase One was to kill 6 white people a day for 30 days per month. Phase Two was meant to be undertaken in Baltimore. Malvo described how this phase was close to being implemented, but never was carried out.

Phase Two would begin with the killing of a pregnant woman with a shot to the abdomen.

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The next step would have been to shoot and kill a Baltimore City police officer. Then, at the officer's funeral, they were to detonate several improvised explosive devices complete with shrapnel. These explosives were intended to kill a large number of officers attending the funeral. Phase Three was to take place very shortly after, if not during, Phase Two.

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It was to extort several million dollars from the United States government. This money would be used to finance a larger plan to travel north into Canada, stopping enroute at YMCAs and orphanages recruiting other impressionable young boys with no parents or guidance. Muhammad thought he could act as their father figure as he did with Lee Boyd Malvo. Once he recruited a large number of young boys and had arrived in Canada, he would begin their training. Malvo described how Muhammad allegedly intended to train the youths with weapons.

After their training was complete, Muhammad would send them out across the United States to carry out mass shootings in many different cities, just as he had done in Washington, D. Under Virginia law, an inmate is allowed to choose the method by which he or she will be put to death, either lethal injection or electrocution. As Muhammad declined to select a method, by law, the method of lethal injection was selected for him.

He was offered a selection of a last meal , which he accepted. Wyndal Gordon, Muhammad's attorney, told the Associated Press that Muhammad's last meal consisted of "chicken and red sauce, and Muhammad declined to make a final statement, and the execution began at 9: He was then pronounced dead at 9: His body was cremated and the ashes given to his son in Louisiana. Muhammad is portrayed by Bobby Hosea in the film D. Sniper , and by Isaiah Washington in the film Blue Caprice. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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