ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) – Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad was convicted of six more of the killings Tuesday after a trial in which he acted as his own attorney and the prosecution’s star ...

U.S. Attorney Paul McNulty of Virginia said if a firearm is used to carry out violence in an extortion scheme, the crime is punishable by the federal death penalty. Police believe the sniper left a ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A friend of John Allen Muhammad testified Friday that Muhammad introduced Lee Boyd Malvo to him as a sniper and that Muhammad tried unsuccessfully to fashion a silencer for the ...

The panel deliberated for about 61/2 hours before convicting Muhammad of two counts of capital murder. One accused him of taking part in multiple murders, the other -- the result of a post-Sept. 11 ...

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine said he won’t stop Tuesday night’s scheduled execution of convicted Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad. The governor denied clemency for Muhammad, clearing the way for a 9 p.m.

Whenever one of Mildred Muhammad's three children calls her, she instinctively answers the phone with a worried greeting: "What's wrong?" The question usually brings an exasperated sigh from the other ...

Mildred Muhammad’s keynote was built upon her lived experience as the former wife of the D.C. sniper, a tragedy that became a matter of national attention. In the aftermath of the highly publicized ...

John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the population when they went on a serial shooting spree in October 2002. Muhammad, then 41, and Malvo, then 17, shot and killed 10 people and injured ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The jury in John Allen Muhammad's murder trial got the case Thursday after the prosecutor said during closing arguments that Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo formed "a sniper-spotter ...

MANASSAS, VA - A judge rejected John Allen Muhammad insistence of innocence and sentenced him to death Tuesday, saying his actions in the Washington-area sniper shootings that left 10 people dead were ...