Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the D.C. sniper attacks of 2002.
The harrowing days are chronicled in the new documentary TV series “I, Sniper.”
“No one’s ever tried to do something this ambitious,” Creative Director John Smithson told WTOP. “There were three prongs to this: the families of the 10 known victims and those who survived … a huge number of law enforcement [for] the biggest manhunt in American history [and] getting phone calls with Lee Malvo from jail.”
Episode 1 is available online, while Episode 2 airs on VICE TV on Monday at 10 p.m.
“It starts with the first killing over in Washington State, then sets up the backstory of these two people, Lee Malvo and John Muhammad, what brought them together, their grievances, starting to train for these attacks,” Smithson said.
Lee Malvo’s account of how he ended up shooting strangers while hiding inside a Chevy Caprice trunk is at the heart of “I, Sniper,” a documentary series on the sniper shootings in Maryland-Washington, D.C., on Vice TV that starts Monday.
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A documentary series exploring the sniper spree that terrorized the DC area 19 years ago is premiering Monday, May 10 on Vice TV.
I, Sniper, an eight-episode production, features several interviews with Lee Boyd Malvo, who carried out the shootings with John Allen Muhammed in October 2002.
Malvo was 17 years old when he and Muhammad killed 10 people in random shootings across the region. He is currently incarcerated at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison, serving four life sentences without parole (Muhammed was executed in 2009). Producer Mary-Jane Mitchell interviewed Malvo for 17 hours in 15-minute increments, restricted by the imposed time limit for phone calls at the prison.
Documentary series revisits 2002 Washington sniper case
by Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press
Posted May 5, 2021 11:19 am EDT
Last Updated May 5, 2021 at 11:28 am EDT
FILE - Sniper shooting suspect John Lee Malvo is escorted from court after his preliminary hearing in Fairfax, Va., on Jan. 14, 2003. An eight-episode docuseries, “I, Sniper,” features Lee Malvo, half of a two-man sniper team that killed 10 and terrorized the Washington D.C. region in 2002. The filmmakers coaxed Malvo to examine his life over 17 hours of phone calls. The series starts Monday on Vice TV. (AP Photo/ Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
NEW YORK The voice on the phone is steady and clear. “It is unnatural to kill anything,” the man says. “But once you’ve done it the first time, it becomes easier each time.”
NEW YORK - The voice on the phone is steady and clear. “It is unnatural to kill anything,” the man says. “But once you've done it the first time, it becomes easier each time.”