What is John Allen Muhammad?
{{Infobox Serial Killer |name = John Allen Muhammad |image = John Allen Muhammad.png |caption = |birthname = John Allen Williams |alias = [[Beltway sniper attacks|Beltway Sniper]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1960|12|31}} |birth_place = [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|US]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2009|11|10|1960|12|31}}<ref name=Yahoo/> |death_place = [[Jarratt, Virginia]], US |cause = |fatalities = 16 |injuries = 4 |country = [[United States]] |states = [[Alabama]], [[Arizona]], [[California]], [[Louisiana]], [[Maryland]], [[Texas]], [[Virginia]] |beginyear = September 5, 2002 |endyear = October 23, 2002 |apprehended = October 24, 2002 <ref name=Yahoo/> |penalty = [[Death penalty|Death]] (on [[death row]] since March 9, 2004; executed: November 10, 2009 }} '''John Allen Muhammad''' (December 31, 1960 – November 10, 2009) was a convicted [[United States|American]] spree killer responsible for ten deaths in the [[Washington, D.C.]] area in 2002.<ref name=Yahoo/> He and [[Lee Boyd Malvo]] went on a murder spree, killing ten people by shooting them from a distance inside Muhammad's car.<ref name=Yahoo/> The last murders were done outside while hiding from view. Muhammad confessed to having committed seven more murders, making a total of 17 victims. Muhammad was later sentenced to death by [[lethal injection]] and Malvo was sentenced to [[life imprisonment]] without the possibility of [[parole]].<ref name=Yahoo/> Muhammad was executed by lethal injection in November 10, 2009 in the state of Virginia.<ref name=Yahoo>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091111/ap_on_re_us/us_sniper_execution;_ylt=AoSGzQveT6ktDFCNmP_tsTYEtbAF|title=Silent DC sniper mastermind Muhammad executed|accessdate=2009-11-11}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Muhammad, John Allen}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:2009 deaths]] [[Category:African-American milita