Sniper Shooting Research Paper
In October 2002 was the beginning of what seemed like the longest three weeks in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The shooting spree killed 10 people and in injuring 3 with sniper like wounds. No one wanted to believe what was happening. This horrific attack lasted 23 days.
It all started in the late afternoon on October 2 2002, when a victimless shot was fired through a window of a Michaels Craft. Then again at 6:30 p.m., James Martin, a 55-year-old was shot and killed in the parking lot of a grocery store. The next morning four people were shot within 2 hours in Aspen Hill, and other nearby areas in Montgomery County. That night the shooters killed again in Columbia. In each shooting, the victims were killed by a single bullet fired from …show more content…
First, experts confirmed the tenth fatality in the Beltway shootings. Second, in abandon lot in Washington, police went searching for bullets which where 223-caliber high-velocity rounds that are common in most military ammunition. They are also a favorite of recreational shooters, and can be used in many types of guns. Police also looked for other evidence that night lead them to the DC shooters. But what Police did find was a tree stump that they believed to have been used for target practice. The incident came to a close on October 24, when John Allen Muhammad and his teenage helper Lee Boyd Malvo were found sleeping in a car at a rest stop in Maryland, and where arrested on federal weapons …show more content…
Malvo, after some counseling, admitted that he was lying in the statement that he made after his arrest when he had said that he was the triggerman for every shooting. Malvo claimed that he had lied so he could save Muhammad from the death penalty, because it was more difficult to achieve the death penalty for him because he was still a minor. Malvo stated, “I’m not proud of myself. I’m just trying to make amends,” expressing his regret in the shootings. In his two days of testimony, Malvo outlined all the small and detailed parts of all the shootings in October. Malvo explained their plan consisted of three phases in the DC and Baltimore metro
It all started in the late afternoon on October 2 2002, when a victimless shot was fired through a window of a Michaels Craft. Then again at 6:30 p.m., James Martin, a 55-year-old was shot and killed in the parking lot of a grocery store. The next morning four people were shot within 2 hours in Aspen Hill, and other nearby areas in Montgomery County. That night the shooters killed again in Columbia. In each shooting, the victims were killed by a single bullet fired from …show more content…
First, experts confirmed the tenth fatality in the Beltway shootings. Second, in abandon lot in Washington, police went searching for bullets which where 223-caliber high-velocity rounds that are common in most military ammunition. They are also a favorite of recreational shooters, and can be used in many types of guns. Police also looked for other evidence that night lead them to the DC shooters. But what Police did find was a tree stump that they believed to have been used for target practice. The incident came to a close on October 24, when John Allen Muhammad and his teenage helper Lee Boyd Malvo were found sleeping in a car at a rest stop in Maryland, and where arrested on federal weapons …show more content…
Malvo, after some counseling, admitted that he was lying in the statement that he made after his arrest when he had said that he was the triggerman for every shooting. Malvo claimed that he had lied so he could save Muhammad from the death penalty, because it was more difficult to achieve the death penalty for him because he was still a minor. Malvo stated, “I’m not proud of myself. I’m just trying to make amends,” expressing his regret in the shootings. In his two days of testimony, Malvo outlined all the small and detailed parts of all the shootings in October. Malvo explained their plan consisted of three phases in the DC and Baltimore metro