How the 2002 'Beltway sniper attacks’ unfolded
October 2, 2022
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3:05Now PlayingHow the 2002 'Beltway sniper attacks’ unfolded
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as posted by the channelTwo snipers terrorized the Washington region for more than three weeks in October 2002. In a string of random attacks, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo killed 10 and seriously wounded three people.
Schoolyards and playing fields went silent in those fall weeks, just a year after 9/11, with outdoor youth activities canceled. People hid while pumping gas and ran into stores. Now, on the 20th anniversary of one of the biggest, most sustained publicsafety crises in memory in metropolitan Washington we look back on those frightful 22 days and nights. Read moreSubscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube
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