Spree Killers Of John Allen Muhammad And John Lee Malvo

On October, 2 2002 the first shots take place in the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. area. Routine things such as going to the grocery store, or pumping gas became a dangerous activity. The terrorism went on for three weeks where a total of ten people were killed and three injured. John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo were able to avoid capture for twenty-one days. What is unique about this case is not only are these two considered spree killers, they are also terrorists. John Allen Muhammad was actually born as John Allen Williams. He was raised by his aunts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was during 1988 that he converted over to Islam and changed his name from Williams to Mahammad (Hickey, 2016). He was married and divorced

He also tried his hand in being a partner in a karate studio and auto repair business however, both failed (Hickey, 2016). He then took his kids and fled to Antigua. The FBI tracked him down and returned the kids to their mother. While he was there though he met a woman, who had a son, John Lee Malvo. Muhammad returned to the United States in 2001 and the girl and his son entered illegally (Hickey, 2016). It was then Muhammad and Malvo started forming a close relationship and the boy’s mother slowly left the picture (Hickey,

Fortunately, the shot did not hit anymore. Just an hour later James Martin was shot and killed in a parking lot at a grocery store (Hickey, 2016). The next day shots rang out again this time in Rockville, Maryland where James Burchanan Jr. was shot and killed while he mowed his lawn (Hickey, 2016). Sara Ramos was sitting on a bench in a shopping center when she was shot and killed. Just a few miles away in Kensington, Maryland, Lori Ann Lewis-Revera was vacuuming her car when she was shot and killed. That same evening the snipers shot and killed 72-year-old- Pascal Charlot was walking his dog when he was shot and