Sniper suspects caught at Myersville rest stop - Myersville MD
N 39° 31.468 W 077° 36.087
18S E 276393 N 4378211
This rest stop on I-70 near Myersville, Maryland, was where the DC snipers that terrorized the region in 2002 were arrested. The area was closed for several years and only recently remodeled and reopened.
Waymark Code: WM9WTD
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 10/06/2010
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This rest stop on westbound I-70 outside of Fredrick, Maryland, was where the snipers that terrorized the Washington, DC region in 2002 were arrested. The shootings were one of the most infamous crime sprees in the country. After the arrest and investigation, this rest stop was closed down for several years. Recently, the rest stop was completely remodeled and reopened.
The unexplained random shootings of people who were doing nothing more than purchasing gas, shopping or doing other chores caused the public to change their daily habits in response to the intense fear brought on by the shootings. Ten people were killed and three others were critically injured. John Allen Muhammad and 17-year-old Lee Boyd Malvo were eventually tracked down and spotted sleeping in their car at this rest stop by an alert truck driver and who reported them to police for their arrest.
Muhammad was again in the news in November 2009 when he was executed by lethal injection after his conviction for the October 2002 murder of Dean H. Meyers of Gaithersburg, Maryland, who was shot when pumping gas at a gas station outside Manassas, Virginia. Malvo is serving a life sentence without parole.
Type of publication: Newspaper
When was the article reported?: 10/25/2002
Publication: Frederick News-Post
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How widespread was the article reported?: international
News Category: Crime
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