engineer, is the ninth victim, shot in the chest and killed while pumping gas near manassas, virginia. he was 53 years old. in a parking lot across from the crime scene a police officer interviews potential witnesses. one of them is a man driving the same 12-year-old chevy caprice that had been spotted near the sixth murder scene. when police wave him on, they have no idea they ve just interviewed the sniper mastermind. john allen mohammed, and lee boyd malveaux were an unlikely pair, joined by unlikely circumstances. mohammed, age 41, was definitely the alpha. his devoted follower and more than willing accomplice malvo was just 17. one of the things that struck me was his devotion and commitment to john allen
engineer, is the ninth victim, shot in the chest and killed while pumping gas near manassas, virginia. he was 53 years old. in a parking lot across from the crime scene a police officer interviews potential witnesses. one of them is a man driving the same 12-year-old chevy caprice that had been spotted near the sixth murder scene. when police wave him on, they have no idea they ve just interviewed the sniper mastermind. john allen mohammed, and lee boyd malveaux were an unlikely pair, joined by unlikely circumstances. mohammed, age 41, was definitely the alpha. his devoted follower and more than willing accomplice malvo was just 17. one of the things that struck me was his devotion and commitment to john allen
mohammed, who he referred to as dad. mohammed, a father of three, was an ex-armyening mere who received the normal training in marksmanship. he saw action in the first gulf war, but returned home a changed man. desert storm, the first iraq war, flipped a switch in john mohammed. to this day his ex-wife isn t sure what happened. it was like his spirit had been broken. he looked like just a broken man. reporter: that s the man who befriended lee malvo in 2000. mohammed met the teen while on a trip to antigua where malvo s mother had all but abandoned him. mohammed eventually brought malvo to tacoma, washington, as his informally adopted son. his true personality i think is a soft, warm, loving child. it is very, very important that one recognize that lee did not
are meeting over some jurisdictional issues. for the residents in the washington, d.c. and the beltway area, three weeks of living on edge in constant fear is over. everyone was so glad it was over, and this mayhem has stopped, but there was also a lot of confusion of who these two guys were. they weren t what people were expectin expecting. the confusion is compounded by disbelief as other disturbing revelations emerge about john mohammad and lee malveaux, the two snipers eventually connected to dozens of shootings and robberies in at least five different states. they killed people in washington and they worked through texas and down to louisiana and alabama and i think they were in georgia, so itt no just the homicides here. john mohammad is clearly the mastermind, but people are stunned to find out his accomplice, lee boyd malvo is
side. they assaulted and pulled both individuals out of john mohammed and lee boyd malvo less than three seconds. i looked down, and i saw lee boyd malveaux. i said what happened to you. and you could see the sweat. a motorist is taken into custody. we can only hope that this is area, three weeks of living on edge in constant fear is over. everyone was so glad it was over, and this mayhem has stopped, but there was also a lot of confusion of who these two guys were. they weren t what people were expecting. the confusion is compounded by disbelief as other disturbing revelations emerge about john muhammad and lee malvo, the two