On Sept. 16, 2009, the Circuit Court of Prince William County set Nov. 10, 2009, as the execution date for John Allen Muhammad, 48. According to the Virginia Office of the Attorney General, the Virginia Supreme Court found the facts of the crimes as follows:
On the morning of Oct. 9, 2002, Dean H. Meyers was shot and killed while fueling his car at the Sunoco gas station on Sudley Road in Manassas, Va.
Meyers was killed during a 47-day period, from Sept. 5 to Oct. 22, 2002, in which nine others were murdered and six others suffered gunshot wounds as a result of Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, then 17, acting in concert.
The slaying of Meyers was the 12th of 16 shootings and serves as the basis for Muhammad's scheduled execution at 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va.
Sept. 5: The first shooting occurred in Clinton, Md. Paul J. LaRuffa, the owner of Margellina's Restaurant, left the restaurant at closing and proceeded to his car. He was shot in the left side of his neck, three times in the left side of his chest, and in his left arm, but survived.
Sept. 15: The second shooting also occurred in Clinton. Muhammad Rashid, closing the Three Roads Liquor Store, was shot in the stomach and survived. He later identified Malvo as his attacker.
Sept. 21: The third and fourth shootings occurred in Montgomery, Ala., on the same day as Claudine Parker and Kelly Adams closed the Zelda Road ABC Liquor Store. Parker died as a result of a single gunshot wound that entered her back. Adams was shot once through her neck, but survived.
Sept. 23: The fifth shooting occurred in Baton Rouge, La. Hong Im Ballenger, manager of the Beauty Depot store, closed the store for the evening and was killed by a single shot to the head while walking to her car.
Oct. 3: The sixth shooting occurred in Silver Spring, Md., at approximately 8:15 a.m. Premkumar A. Walekar was shot and killed while fueling his taxicab.
Oct. 3: The seventh shooting occurred at approximately 8:30 a.m. Sarah Ramos was shot and killed with a single bullet from a high-velocity rifle while sitting on a bench in front of the Crisp & Juicy Restaurant in the Leisure World Shopping Center. She was shot once with a bullet from a high-velocity rifle.
Oct. 3: The eighth shooting occurred in Kensington, Md., at approximately 10 a.m. Lori Lewis-Rivera was shot once in the head and killed by a bullet from a high-velocity rifle while vacuuming her car at the Shell gas station on the corner of Connecticut and Knowles avenues.
Oct. 3: The ninth shooting occurred in Washington at approximately 9:15 p.m. when Paschal Charlot was killed crossing the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Kalmia Road.
Oct. 4: The 10th shooting occurred in Fredericksburg, Va. Caroline Seawell had finished shopping at a Michael's Craft Store and was putting her bags in her minivan when she was shot once in the back by a bullet from a high-velocity rifle. Seawell survived and testified at Muhammad's trial in 2003.
Oct. 6: The 11th shooting occurred in Bowie, Md., when Iran Brown was shot while walking to school by a bullet from a high-velocity rifle. He survived and also testified at Muhammad's trial.
Oct. 9: The 12th shooting, discussed above, was the killing of Dean Meyers in Manassas.
Oct. 11: The 13th shooting occurred in Massaponax, Va. Kenneth Bridges was shot and killed at an Exxon gas station on Jefferson Davis Highway.
Oct. 14: The 14th shooting occurred in Falls Church, Va. Linda Franklin and her husband were shopping at Home Depot. As they loaded their purchases in their car, Franklin was shot and killed by a single bullet from a high-velocity rifle.
Oct. 19: The 15th shooting occurred in Ashland, Va. Jeffrey Hopper, after stopping to eat with his wife and refuel their car, was shot in the abdomen. He survived after five surgeries. Hopper also testified at Muhammad's trial.
Oct. 22: The 16th shooting occurred in Aspen Hill, Md. At 6 a.m., Conrad Johnson, a bus driver for the Montgomery County Transit Authority, was shot in the chest at the entrance to his bus by a single high-velocity rifle bullet and killed.
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