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Police also found the following items in the Caprice: a global positioning system receiver; a magazine about rifles; an AT & T telephone charge card; ear plugs; maps; plastic sandwich bags; a rifle scope; .223-caliber ammunition; two-way radios; a digital voice recorder; a receipt from a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, grocery store, dated September 27, 2002; an electronic organizer; a plastic bag from Big Lots; a slip of paper containing the Sniper Task Force telephone number; and a list of schools in the Baltimore area. Moreover, police found LaRuffa's laptop computer, onto which Muhammad had loaded “Microsoft Streets and Trips 2002” on September 2, 2002. In the software program, maps had been marked with icons, including some with a skull and crossbones. Icons indicated where Walekar, Lewis-Rivera, Seawell, Brown, Meyers, and Franklin had been shot. There was also a document entitled “Allah8.rtf” that contained portions of the text communicated to police in the extortion demands.

Police also found the following items in the Caprice: a global positioning system receiver; a magazine about rifles; an AT & T telephone charge card; ear plugs; maps; plastic sandwich bags; a rifle scope; .223-caliber ammunition; two-way radios; a digital voice recorder; a receipt from a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, grocery store, dated September 27, 2002; an electronic organizer; a plastic bag from Big Lots; a slip of paper containing the Sniper Task Force telephone number; and a list of schools in the Baltimore area. Moreover, police found LaRuffa's laptop computer, onto which Muhammad had loaded “Microsoft Streets and Trips 2002” on September 2, 2002. In the software program, maps had been marked with icons, including some with a skull and crossbones. Icons indicated where Walekar, Lewis-Rivera, Seawell, Brown, Meyers, and Franklin had been shot. There was also a document entitled “Allah8.rtf” that contained portions of the text communicated to police in the extortion demands.

In total, Muhammad was accused of shooting sixteen people and killing ten of them...

In total, Muhammad was accused of shooting sixteen people and killing ten of them...

One of Malvo's psychiatric witnesses testified that Muhammad, a member of Nation of Islam, had indoctrinated him into believing that the proceeds of the extortion attempt would be used to begin a new nation of only pure black young persons somewhere in Canada.</blockquote></ref>

One of Malvo's psychiatric witnesses testified that Muhammad, a member of Nation of Islam, had indoctrinated him into believing that the proceeds of the extortion attempt would be used to begin a new nation of only pure black young persons somewhere in Canada.</blockquote></ref><ref>Hal Bernton, David Heath,  [https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20021027&slug=farrakhanfolo Nation of Islam's Farrakhan says Muhammad is a member], ''Seattle Times'',

<ref>Hal Bernton, David Heath,  [https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20021027&slug=farrakhanfolo Nation of Islam's Farrakhan says Muhammad is a member], ''Seattle Times'',

Oct 27, 2002.</ref> was an [[Islamism|Islamist]] convicted murderer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The forty-one-year-old John Allen Muhammad and his seventeen-year-old protégé, Lee Boyd Malvo,<ref>Albarus, C., Mack, J. (2014). The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo: The D.C. Sniper. United States: Columbia University Press. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WtkYBQAAQBAJ].</ref> a native of Kingston, Jamaica, carried out the [[D.C.]] sniper attacks, a series of coordinated shootings during three weeks in October 2002 in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia - local residents were gunned down while doing the most mundane tasks, like shopping or pumping gas.<ref name=nyt-10nov2009/> Ten people were killed and three others were critically wounded in the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia. It had spread such fear people were afraid to go shopping, cut grass or pump gas.<ref>Dena Potter, Associated Press, [https://www.heraldnet.com/news/john-allen-muhammad-execution-set-for-6-p-m-local-time/ John Allen Muhammad execution set for 6 p.m. local time], Herald Net, November 10, 2009.</ref> People stayed indoors, and those who had to go outside weaved as they walked or bobbed their heads to make themselves less of a target.<ref name=fox-14jan2015>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/virginia-governor-denies-clemency-d-c-sniper-will-be-executed-tuesday Virginia Governor Denies Clemency, D.C. Sniper Will Be Executed Tuesday], ''Associated Press'' via ''Fox News'', Jan 14, 2015.</ref>

Oct 27, 2002.</ref> was an [[Islamism|Islamist]] convicted murderer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The forty-one-year-old John Allen Muhammad and his seventeen-year-old protégé, Lee Boyd Malvo,<ref>Albarus, C., Mack, J. (2014). The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo: The D.C. Sniper. United States: Columbia University Press. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WtkYBQAAQBAJ].</ref> a native of Kingston, Jamaica, carried out the [[D.C.]] sniper attacks, a series of coordinated shootings during three weeks in October 2002 in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia - local residents were gunned down while doing the most mundane tasks, like shopping or pumping gas.<ref name=nyt-10nov2009/> Ten people were killed and three others were critically wounded in the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia. It had spread such fear people were afraid to go shopping, cut grass or pump gas.<ref>Dena Potter, Associated Press, [https://www.heraldnet.com/news/john-allen-muhammad-execution-set-for-6-p-m-local-time/ John Allen Muhammad execution set for 6 p.m. local time], Herald Net, November 10, 2009.</ref> People stayed indoors, and those who had to go outside weaved as they walked or bobbed their heads to make themselves less of a target.<ref name=fox-14jan2015>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/virginia-governor-denies-clemency-d-c-sniper-will-be-executed-tuesday Virginia Governor Denies Clemency, D.C. Sniper Will Be Executed Tuesday], ''Associated Press'' via ''Fox News'', Jan 14, 2015.</ref>