Sunday, December 4, 2011

John Allen Muhammad...The Trunk Snyper....

John Muhammad
This is a man that you could look into the eyes of and never be able to see right through. He was a man that made a snyper nest out of his trunk. In 2009, he was executed for the killing of ten people. As well as injuring three others. Born John Allen Williams on December 31, 1960, in Louisiana. John Allen Muhammad became an infamous figure American culture as part of a sniper team that terrorized the Washington, D.C. area for several weeks in October 2002. He was raised by an aunt in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after his mother died when he was 4.
In October 2002, in D.C, he had decided to go in for the kill, literally. He actually was a divorcee, and in the miltaryy, after all that he converted himself to Islam. He had three children. He took off with his three children out of the country. Later the police came and took him and his children back into the U.S. and his ex-wife got the custody of the children. After all that happend John went mad and started trying to control other's while he lived among the different homeless shelters.
A skilled mechanic, Muhammad put his talents to evil use, making a sniper nest out of the trunk of his car. He and Malvo worked as team in the shooting with one man firing the rifle while the other watched the victims. They often targeted people doing simple, everyday tasks, such as pumping their gas or leaving a store. In total, they killed 10 people and injured three others in the D.C. area.
After several killings, Muhammad and Malvo began to taunt the police.
He had demanded ten million dollars in order to stop the shootings.
On October 24, more than 20 days after the rampage began, the authorities surrounded the vehicle in which Muhammad and Malvo. They were taken into custody and arrested. Since they committed their crimes in several states, the authorities had to decide where the pair should be tried first. Muhammad and Malvo had separate trials. In his defense, his lawyers pointed to Malvo as the sole triggerman. Still a 2003 jury for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers recommended that he be sentenced to death. And he was convicted on six counts of murder in another trial in Maryland in 2006. Malvo testified against Muhammad during this trial, saying that Muhammad had pulled the trigger on the first six shootings.

the snyper that was used
http://www.biography.com/people/john-allen-muhammad-236029?page=2

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