D.C Sniper Attacks + 'Blue Caprice' Movie

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Has anyone heard of this case? It's personally one of my favourite ones. I thought it was a really unique case from the way the shooting is executed - it's quite genius actually, and the relationship between John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. He took him in, groomed him, and eventually convinced him to commit the shootings. Muhammad's life was spiralling down, he was a man who garnered alot of anger with himself and his circumstances, which then spread to hating people and the society. As for Malvo, I feel quite sad for him, he was an abandoned young teen who needed shelter and an adult-figure in his life and he only had Muhammad then for that.

Just a recap and summary, the D.C. sniper attacks of 2002, shooting spree in the Washington, D.C. area that killed 10 people and injured 3 over a three-week period in October 2002. The shooters, John Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, chose targets seemingly at random.

The rampage was perpetrated by John Allen Muhammad (then aged 42) and Lee Boyd Malvo (then 17), driving a blue 1990 Chevrolet Caprice sedan. Their crime spree began in February 2002 with murders and robberies in the states of Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and Washington, which resulted in seven deaths and seven injuries, bringing the ten-month shooting spree total to 17 deaths and 10 injuries. In September 2003, Muhammad was sentenced to death. One month later, Malvo was sentenced to six consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. On November 10, 2009, Muhammad was executed by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center near Jarratt, Virginia.

The attacks were carried out with a stolen Bushmaster XM-15 (AR-15 style) semiautomatic .223 caliber rifle equipped with an EOTech holographic weapon sight which is effective at ranges of up to 550 yards found in the vehicle.[28] The trunk of the Chevrolet Caprice was modified to serve as a "rolling sniper's nest". The back seat was modified to allow a person access to the trunk. Once inside, the sniper could lie prone with shots taken from a small hole near the license plate created for that purpose.

Investigators and the prosecution suggested during pre-trial motions that Muhammad intended to kill his second ex-wife Mildred, who had estranged him from his children. According to this theory, the other shootings were intended to cover up the motive for the crime, since Muhammad believed that the police would not focus on an estranged ex-husband as a suspect if she looked like a random victim of a serial killer. Muhammad frequented the neighborhood where she lived during the attacks, and some of the incidents occurred nearby.

As a definite suggestion, should anyone who's interested in this case like to watch a movie adaption of it, this one is PERFECT. I've watched it back in 2013 when it first came out and I'm watching it again. It's a really good re-enactment. It's called BLUE CAPRICE, and here's a free online streaming link to watch it: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

I actually grew up in the dc area and my cousin was at the middle school where the one kid was shot. Its a very interesting case to me too but mainly b/c it happened in an area that I'm familiar with. Thanks for the link, I didn't know about this particular movie! (I hope that we'll get to see a well made authentic columbine movie in our lifetimes haha)

Kiwik wrote:

I actually grew up in the dc area and my cousin was at the middle school where the one kid was shot. Its a very interesting case to me too but mainly b/c it happened in an area that I'm familiar with. Thanks for the link, I didn't know about this particular movie! (I hope that we'll get to see a well made authentic columbine movie in our lifetimes haha)

Oh okay, that's pretty cool. Yeah and that one kid survived if I'm not wrong, thankfully. No problem, it's a movie worth checking out if you have time. Isaiah Washington who plays Muhammad directed and produced it. I was thinking the same thing about Columbine having a movie as good as authentic as this one but.....mehhhhhhhh (also any supposed movies already out that tries to base it on Columbine)

Yeah the kid that was shot at the middle school survived. My cousin knew who he was but He didn't actually Know him. He said the kid was kinda harassed by other students once he was able to go back to school. (I actually went to that same middle school several years before... Its not in a great neighborhood).

No way. They harrassed the boy after what happened to him? That's vile, whatever for?
It's not a great neigbourhood huh? Well...

Yup, exactly that. And wow, I can't even imagine going through present fear and paranoia such as that where you'd have NO idea when it might happen again and if it'll happen to you. Their execution and their technique was so unique, and in fact I was thinking to myself they could've gotten away with it much longer had they not made that one stop to rest and eventually police apprehended them in their car. Someone else who lived at that area at the time also shared a story about how people were literally running back and forth from the gas station to their car like sprinting and dropping their things just because they were so afraid they'd get shot at that moment. Things were insane!

I watched a documentary on it a few months ago, it is more of a serial murder than a mass murder.

Ziamber II wrote:

I watched a documentary on it a few months ago, it is more of a serial murder than a mass murder.

I agree. Not sure why it gets lumped in with mass shootings like Columbine.

I saw a video on it on youtube. This video exposes the fact that the shooter wasn't in a car.
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It's on the internet, so you can trust it.Right?

QuestionMark wrote:

Ziamber II wrote:

I watched a documentary on it a few months ago, it is more of a serial murder than a mass murder.

I agree. Not sure why it gets lumped in with mass shootings like Columbine.

i think the reason for that is that it was a month long killing spree where the killers used guns but yes, it isn't really similar to columbine or any other shootings besides that.

By the same logic does this mean the zodiac was a mass murderer

Smiggles94 wrote:

By the same logic does this mean the zodiac was a mass murderer

Well no obviously because he was a serial killer. He killed his victims over the span of several years. Their murders took place within 3 weeks making it a killing spree rather than serial murder

eldigato wrote:

I saw a video on it on youtube. This video exposes the fact that the shooter wasn't in a car.
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It's on the internet, so you can trust it.Right?

Who took this picture of me?

Whats the blue canopy for?

Ziamber II wrote:

Whats the blue canopy for?

they put canopies around gas stations to make the customers feel more safe.

Ziamber II wrote:

Whats the blue canopy for?

It's so that people getting gas wouldn't be visible to the sniper.

Wasn't Malvo Muhammad's son?

Tommy QTR wrote:

Wasn't Malvo Muhammad's son?

No, they had a father-sonlike relationship though.

If anyone is interested, here's an informative article about Malvo's background that also includes a lot of artwork that was created by him in prison and even in the courtroom during his trial.
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sscc wrote:

If anyone is interested, here's an informative article about Malvo's background that also includes a lot of artwork that was created by him in prison and even in the courtroom during his trial.
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Nice find.

sscc wrote:

If anyone is interested, here's an informative article about Malvo's background that also includes a lot of artwork that was created by him in prison and even in the courtroom during his trial.
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Amazing drawings. Sad that he did this, he was a good artist.

InsaneIntruder wrote:

sscc wrote:

If anyone is interested, here's an informative article about Malvo's background that also includes a lot of artwork that was created by him in prison and even in the courtroom during his trial.
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Amazing drawings. Sad that he did this, he was a good artist.

He could still draw from prison if he wanted, like John Wayne Gacy.

QuestionMark wrote:

InsaneIntruder wrote:

sscc wrote:

If anyone is interested, here's an informative article about Malvo's background that also includes a lot of artwork that was created by him in prison and even in the courtroom during his trial.
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Amazing drawings. Sad that he did this, he was a good artist.

He could still draw from prison if he wanted, like John Wayne Gacy.

Or he could even make a website and sell them like Wayne Lo did. Still, it's sad that he couldn't just become a famous artist or something instead of doing this.

InsaneIntruder wrote:

QuestionMark wrote:

InsaneIntruder wrote:

sscc wrote:

If anyone is interested, here's an informative article about Malvo's background that also includes a lot of artwork that was created by him in prison and even in the courtroom during his trial.
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Amazing drawings. Sad that he did this, he was a good artist.

He could still draw from prison if he wanted, like John Wayne Gacy.

Or he could even make a website and sell them like Wayne Lo did. 

Wait, was that a thing? Can you show me?

QuestionMark wrote:

InsaneIntruder wrote:

QuestionMark wrote:

InsaneIntruder wrote:

sscc wrote:

If anyone is interested, here's an informative article about Malvo's background that also includes a lot of artwork that was created by him in prison and even in the courtroom during his trial.
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Amazing drawings. Sad that he did this, he was a good artist.

He could still draw from prison if he wanted, like John Wayne Gacy.

Or he could even make a website and sell them like Wayne Lo did. 

Wait, was that a thing? Can you show me?

This seems to be the only archive of his website. According to Wikipedia and the website, it contained a shop where he sold his artwork.

InsaneIntruder wrote:

This seems to be the only archive of his website.

Fuckin tragic.

QuestionMark wrote:

InsaneIntruder wrote:

This seems to be the only archive of his website.

Fuckin tragic.

Also, a self portrait he drew was in a museum.
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STK wrote:

Ziamber II wrote:

Whats the blue canopy for?

It's so that people getting gas wouldn't be visible to the sniper.

It was scary as hell. I was really scared and didn't even wanna leave the house and my Mom's taking her good old time. She's driving all around and of course, she has to go to the gas station and buy lottery tickets.

Just like the time we were driving around these back roads in Ohio trying to get back to New Jersey. Of course, she got lost and there are all these sirens going off because there was a tornado warning and it's pouring rain and there are tree branches falling in the middle of the road. And she's just like "we're fine".

I was actually hysterical and kept thinking about that movie "Twister" and I was sure we were going to die. That time I got my way and she decided to let us fly back home instead of drive.

She acts like things like that are no big deal, but the time the furniture people delivered the wrong living room set, she called them up on the phone crying and said she couldn't sit on the couch because it was too ugly.

Jenn wrote:

She acts like things like that are no big deal, but the time the furniture people delivered the wrong living room set, she called them up on the phone crying and said she couldn't sit on the couch because it was too ugly.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]     Sounds like her priorities are a little out of whack. Possible life and death situations, "Nah we're good".  Then faced with a hideous couch and loses her shit!  

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

Jenn wrote:

She acts like things like that are no big deal, but the time the furniture people delivered the wrong living room set, she called them up on the phone crying and said she couldn't sit on the couch because it was too ugly.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]     Sounds like her priorities are a little out of whack. Possible life and death situations, "Nah we're good".  Then faced with a hideous couch and loses her shit!  

Yea, she was at work one day and she tells me that I have to be home because the furniture people are dropping off the new living room set. They show up and they bring in the living room set and leave. It was an ugly eggplant color with these big fluffy cushions and the coffee table and end tables were made out of, I don't know, some kind of black metal and the lamps were also this black metal with dark purple lamp shades. It really was an ugly set and I was wondering why she even bought it.

She comes home and thinks it's a joke. Like I'm "pranking her" or something. She's like "Jennifer, stop playing around, where is the real living room set?". Like I just hid the other living room set in my room and put this other ugly set out there to trick her. Once she realized it wasn't a joke, she starts crying and she's calling this furniture place on the phone and she's telling them the couch is so ugly that she can't even sit on it. And my sister and I are laying on the floor in the hallway hysterically laughing at her. She told them whoever "designed those ugly ass lampshades should be fired".

Lol, they came out like 2 days later and brought the right set. That's just one of the many times she overreacted about something that wasn't really a big deal.

Jenn wrote:

She comes home and thinks it's a joke. Like I'm "pranking her" or something. She's like "Jennifer, stop playing around, where is the real living room set?". Like I just hid the other living room set in my room and put this other ugly set out there to trick her. Once she realized it wasn't a joke, she starts crying and she's calling this furniture place on the phone and she's telling them the couch is so ugly that she can't even sit on it. And my sister and I are laying on the floor in the hallway hysterically laughing at her. She told them whoever "designed those ugly ass lampshades should be fired".

In her defense, I have seen some f-ugly ass lampshades in my time.

InsaneIntruder wrote:

Also, a self portrait he drew was in a museum.
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At least some of his artwork will survive him.