The full extent of the Washington D.C. area snipers plan to terrorize the nation came to light for the first time when Lee Boyd Malvo took the witness stand to testify against his mentor John Allen Muhammad in his Maryland murder trial.
Malvo, now 21 and already convicted for murder in Virginia, told the jury that Muhammad was the triggerman in the first six sniper killings, five of which took place in Montgomery County, Maryland.
According to Malvo's testimony:
- Muhammad's plan was to set off a reign of terror and the extort millions from governments that he planned to use to start a terror camp for children.
- The plan called for the snipers to kill six people a day for a month, followed by a more deadly attack in which explosives containing ball bearings would be used.
- Muhammad modified the Chevrolet Caprice to become a hidden sniper's nest, so that they could crawl into the trunk undetected and shoot from a hole in the trunk.
- The two snipers tested the sniper set-up by shooting two employees outside a liquor store in Montgomery, Alabama. Muhammad shot the two female employees from the trunk and Malvo then took their bank money bag.
- After the trial run in Alabama, Muhammad announced that it was "to begin the terror" and they began the shooting spree that left 10 people dead in the D.C. area, while a horrified nation watched.
See Also:
Malvo: Muhammad Wanted to 'Terrorize'
Malvo: Muhammad Was Sniper in First 6 Killings
Previous Articles:
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Sniper Won't Face Death in Maryland
Sniper Wants Separate Trials for Six Murders
Snipers Face Six Murder Counts in Maryland
Sniper Muhammad's Death Sentence Upheld
Judge Rejects Sniper's Double Jeopardy Claim
D.C. Sniper Victims Get $2.5 Million Settlement
Virginia Judge Drops Sniper Murder Charges
Malvo Gets 2nd Life Sentence
Comments
This article gives a very politically correct spin on a black hate crime. It carefully leaves out the very clear statements made at trial that Malvo’s hatred of whites drove the killings, he planned to shoot six WHITE people a day, the camp was for inner city blacks to be trained as additional snipers and the IED attacks were planned for use at funerals for white policemen after he shot them. His idea was a multi-tiered ambush first of funeral attendees, then a second attack on 1st responders.
Hiding the black racism of Malvo does a disservice to the readers and represents far less than the truth.