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DC Sniper John Allen Muhammad
John Allen Muhammad, the convicted D.C. sniper, was executed by lethal injection at a prison in southern Virginia. Muhammad was officially declared dead at 9:11 p.m. at the Greensville Correctional Center.
According to prison spokesman Larry Traylor, Muhammad was very unemotional, calm, and quiet. Although given a chance to make a final statement, the prisoner declined. "He did not say anything," said Traylor. "I did not hear him utter a word."
Muhammad and his accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo wreaked havoc in the Washington DC area for three weeks in 2002. People were paralyzed with fear and were afraid to go out into the streets or to pump gas for fear of being shot by the sniper.
The break for police came when Malvo's fingerprint was found at one of the shooting scenes. Police learned he was with Muhammad, and that Muhammad owned a blue Chevrolet Caprice.
The car was spotted at a highway rest stop in Maryland and police arrested the sleeping killers inside. The car had been rigged so duo could do their sniping from inside the trunk without being scene.
A Gulf War veteran and Muslim convert, Muhammad never gave a reason for the killing spree. However his accomplice, Lee Malvo, 24, said Muhammad did it to extort $10 million from the government to set up a camp where children would be trained as terrorists.
Muhammad’s lawyers argued that Muhammad was not mentally competent to stand trial. The courts disagreed.
Muhammad and Malvo were convicted of six Maryland murders. They were both sentenced to life terms. Muhammad was sentenced to death in 2003 for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers, 53, killed while pumping gas in Manassas, VA.
Muhammad was allowed to spend his final hours with family members. He ate a last meal of chicken with red sauce.
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