October 2002:
James Martin was shot and killed, in the first of what would become a series of sniper shootings in Montgomery County, Maryland. The shootings would then spread to Virginia before John Allen Muhammad, and Lee Boyd Malvo were apprehended on October 24th, 2002.
Related Resources:
- Washington, DC, Area Sniper Investigation-Communications After-Action Report
- Serial No. 18: John Allen Muhammad, Document Fraud, and the Western Hemisphere Passport Exception: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, May 13, 2003