encompasses portions of maryland and virginia, it's sprawl of medium and small towns, the kinds of places with indiscriminate violence is rare. for area residents, october 2nd, 2002 began quietly enough. nationally the big news was a hurricane in the gulf of mexico. >> category four hurricane -- >> and the buildup to the invasion of iraq. >> we know the awful nature of war. >> but a very different war was about to erupt. [siren sound] >> i got a call from my deputy. a 55-year-old man was killed outside the store. >> we had a gentleman who was shot in the parking lot at the shopper's food warehouse. i asked him what kind was it, did we have an argument between two people?