How the 2002 'Beltway sniper attacks’ unfolded

Two 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 public-safety crises in memory in metropolitan Washington — we look back on those frightful 22 days and nights. Read more: https://wapo.st/3RoIdAg. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK

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