How They killed their victims / How they found/took/killed victims / Details regarding Killer technique / How bodies were found A sniper nest out of the trunk of John Allen Muhammad car. John and Malvo worked as team in the shooting with one man firing the rifle while the other watched the victims. Although the victims were random, the type of victims John allen muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo wanted were specific. They often targeted people doing simple, everyday tasks, such as pumping their gas or leaving a store. Most of their victims were shot pumping gas at the gas station which led to gas stations putting up tarps in attempt to protect the customers from being revealed. In Malvo testimony he explains who the victims were suppose to be according to 3 phases. /\(This part plays onto the next part) “Phase one consisted of meticulously planning, mapping, and practicing their locations around …show more content…
\/(This part plays onto the next part) Their vehicle was modified so that a sniper could shoot from inside the trunk. The back seat was modified where it would allow a person access to the trunk. Once they were inside the trunk the sniper could lie down with the shots taken from a small hole near the license plate created discreet shooting. They used a Bushmaster XM-15 semiautomatic Rifle which was capable of shooting up to 300 feet. Prosecutors believed the rampage was part of a plot to kill his ex-wife and regain custody of his children, but the judge ruled that there was not enough evidence to support this argument Bodies were found where they were shoot. There were no attempts to hide to my knowledge because like mentioned before his motive was to make it seem like a serial killer killed his wife instead of him the “estranged”
The weapon was recovered from the passenger floor board. The rear passenger window of the vehicle appeared to have also been shot out.
The main character in The Sniper was in a fire fight. He shot and killed 3 people. After the fire fight he started to dwell on what he did .In the story it said, “The lust of battle dies in him. He became bitten by remorse.” As a result, “he looked at the smoking revolver in his hand, and with an oath he hurled it to the roof at his feet. The revolver went off… The bullet whizzed past the sniper’s head.” Because of him dwelling, he almost killed himself.
The other sniper is situated on a building on the other side of the street as the Republican Sniper. On top of being shot at, an armored car, of the opposing side, drives up near the Republican sniper’s position. He believes that his position was given up by a local woman who was walking around. The Republican sniper must kill this woman or his life will be in jeopardy. The Republican sniper takes the shot, and kills the woman. However, even after killing the woman, the Republican Sniper is still being shot at. He has to shelter himself, so, making his way to the top floor of the building, he situates himself. The Republican sniper proceeds to have a shootout with the other unknown sniper. The Republican sniper needs a way to kill his opponent, so he devises an ingenious plan. He fakes his death by pretending to be shot in the head. The opposing sniper, thinking he had killed the Republican sniper, makes his way out of his hiding spot. This exposes him, and the Republican sniper has a clear shot. The Republican sniper takes the shot, and sees the body of his opponent falling to the ground. The Republican sniper then goes to examine the dead body of his opponent, and to his horrifying realization, discovers that the man he had just outwitted and killed, was really his brother.
“He told me to buy the rifle and rent a room at the memphis flophouse” Ray said. Ray claimed that Raoul took the rifle from Ray and then Raoul or someone with his assistance committed the crime.
Kelley fired from the outside and hit two people. He then travelled around to the side and entered, still shooting. He was wearing black tactical gear, a ballistic vest and extra rounds of ammunition. The shooter was armed with a rifle.
May 8, 2007. Plot by six men to attack soldiers at U.S. Army base at Fort Dix in New Jersey was averted. Modern day terrorist often choose targets that are easily defeated. The general public of women, children, and the elderly are acceptable losses.
Three long weeks the Washington area was terrorized by a series of random sniper attacks. At first, the shootings seemed to be random, but were soon discovered to be coordinated attacks by John Allen Muhammad and his accomplice named Lee Boyd Malvo. The sniper’s claimed the lives of ten victims over the span of three weeks time, starting the second of October 2002 and ending around the 23 of October. Following leads, the police found a tree stump in their back yard that had been used for practicing. The two men were found sleeping in their car at a rest stop, in possession of guns matching the ballistics of the bullets found at the crime scenes. According to Crime Museum, in 2003 Muhammad was convicted on two counts of capital murder, homicide committed with intent to terrorize government or the public at large, conspiracy to commit murder, and the illegal use of a firearm. (Crime Museum) In March 2004, a judge from Virginia sentenced Muhammad to death. In 2009 Muhammad was executed by lethal injection. Boyd was also charged twice with capital murder and the unlawful use of a firearm. Boyd pleaded not guilty on all charges because of insanity stating that he was under Muhammad’s complete control according to Crime Museum.
bullets injuring Kennedy and Connally. There was also a police motorcyclist riding to the right of
Police’s lack of evidence made the investigation harder and the hints received did not contributed in accelerating the process. The only evidence at first was a “death card”. Also, people started to give misleading statements that they saw the murderer escaped in a white van. A guy was arrested for giving false information to the police by saying that he saw the sniper escaped in a white van with one tail light broken. Going back to the phone call, the sniper mentioned an unsolvable murder committed in Alabama. It was a liquor store robbery and it was the place where investigators found the first major evidence to show the murderer’s identity; a fingerprint of Lee Boyd Malvo, which later led to his guardian, John Allen
The crime took place in the house of John Wayne Gacy. He disposed of the 33 young men bodies in the crawlspaces and basement of his home. This usually doesn’t happen, because many people wouldn’t think
In his room, he had a lot of weapons that he had brought up with him. He had a total of twenty-three weapons that were found in his room. He had also set up cameras around his room so he could see what was happening outside of his hotel room and so he could see the crowd down below. Police arrived at his room approximately two minutes after he stopped shooting at the crowd.
This is the location where the robbers first entered and started to fire. Both robbers made an illegal withdrawal at the bank and held people hostage inside the bank’s volt. One of the bank’s personnel was held at gunpoint and forced to fill up a duffle bag with money from the volt. They caused thousands and thousands of dollars of damage to the bank. The parking of Bank of America would be a crime scene as well, this is the area in which multiple police officers and civilians were shot and injured. In this location there were approximately 50 police officers involved in the shootout. The residential area in which both robbers lead officials would be another crime scene. Here both individuals were gun downed and killed. Phillips one of the armed robbers was killed by a semi-truck after his AK 47 failed on him and he used a small pistol to fire back at officers. Mătăsăreanu was shot multiple times in the middle of a street, in which later caused his
A key issue, in this case, was the purported location of the assassin at the time the shot was fired. Unfortunately, data regarding the trajectory of the bullet was unobtainable in this case since the dissection of the bullet’s path was not performed by Dr. Francisco during his autopsy, nor was it ever determined what Dr. King’s exact position was at the time of the shooting. However, based on eyewitness testimony at the time of impact, it was determined that the shooter fired from the bathroom window at the rear of a rooming house at 422 1/2 South Street in Memphis.
Allegedly assumptions were made and the resident might have thought the two young players were stealing something in the neighborhood. Running towards the vehicle, the resident shot at the players inside the car.
Most of the witnesses cite seeing a man with a sling on his arm. He confessed that he would fake to have been injured and sometimes would be on clutches. He would request his victims to assist him to carry something to his car which was often packed in a place where he would not be seen. Other times he would pretend to be a police officer or he worked with the fire department. He would bludgeon his victims with pieces of wood or any blunt object; he did beat some to a point of death while others did die. He would strangle them and sexually assault them. He later decapitated the bodies while others he ditched them a whole. When searches were conducted some heads were found without bodies, while others were found in pieces as stated by Dekle,