If you find errors on this table - Please privately FReep mail me (brigette), so that I do not miss your message. This table was created on 10/12/02 and it has been revised 2 times since 10/12/02 |
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Date/Time (time in between shootings) |
Location & Mileage from last location | VictimName Shooting #, (Victim #), & (Death #) |
Sex | Ethnicity | Age & Victims Home | Condition | Circumstances |
10/2/02 5:20 PM Wednesday |
Michaels Craft Store, 13850 Georgia Ave, Aspen Hill, MD | No Injuries Shooting #1 (Victim #0) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Store Window Shot-Bullet just misses a store clerk |
10/2/02 6:04 PM Wednesday (44 mins) |
Shoppers Food Warehouse, 2201 Randolph Rd, Wheaton, MD (2.60 miles from 13850 Georgia Ave) |
James D. Martin Shooting #2 (Victim #1) (1st to die) |
Male | Caucasian | 55 Silver Spring, Md |
Dead | Shot while standing in parking lot of Shoppers Food Warehouse |
10/3/02 7:41 AM Thursday (13 hrs & 37 mins) |
Fitzgerald Auto Mall, 11407 Rockville Pike, Kensington, MD (4.89 miles from 2201 Randolph Rd) |
James L. "Sonny" Buchanan Shooting #3 (Victim #2) (2nd to die) |
Male | Caucasian | 39 Arlington, Va |
Dead | Shot while mowing lawn at Auto Mall |
10/3/02 8:12 AM Thursday (31 mins) |
Mobil Gas Station, 4100 Aspen Hill Rd Rockville, MD (4.62 miles from 11407 Rockville Pike) |
Prem Kumar A Walekar Shooting #4 (Victim #3) (3rd to die) |
Male | Indian (Born in India) | 54 Olney, Md. |
Dead | Shot while pumping gas into his Taxi Cab |
10/3/02 8.37 AM Thursday (25 mins) |
Sitting on a bench in front of a USPS Post Office near Leisure World, 3701 Rossmoor Blvd, Silver Spring, MD (1.85 miles from 4100 Aspen Hill Rd) |
Sarah Ramos Shooting #5 (Victim #4) (4th to die) |
Female | Hispanic (Immigrant from El Salvador) | 34 Silver Spring, Md |
Dead | Shot in head while sitting on the park bench in front of the PO |
10/3/02 9:58 AM Thursday (1 hr & 28 mins) |
Shell Gas Station, 10515 Connecticut Ave Kensington, MD (5.30 miles from 3701 Rossmoor Blvd |
Lori Ann Lewis-Rivera Shooting #6 (Victim #5) (5th to die) |
Female | Caucasian | 25 Silver Spring, Md |
Dead | Shot while vacuuming her mini van |
10/3/02 9:20 PM Thursday (11 hrs & 22 mins) |
Street Corner of Georgia Ave & 1100 Block of Kalmia Rd. NW, Washington DC (4.79 miles from 10515 Connecticut Ave) |
Pascal Charlot Shooting #7 (Victim #6) (6th to die) |
Male | African American | 72 Washington, D.C |
Dead | Shot below the neck while crossing the street |
10/4/02 2:30 PM Friday (17 hrs & 10 mins) |
Parking Lot of Michaels Craft Store in Spotsylvania County, 299 Spotsylvania Mall Fredericksburg, VA (68.32 miles from 1100 Block of Kalmia Rd. NW) |
Identity Withheld Shooting #8 (Victim #7) (1st Wounded, 1st to Survive) |
Female | Caucasian | 43 Withheld |
Wounded and now released from hospital | Shot in the back while loading packages in her car |
10/7/02 8:08 AM Monday (65 hrs & 38 mins) |
Benjamin Tasker Middle School, 4901 Collington Rd, Bowie MD (70.58 miles from 299 Spotsylvania Mall) |
Identity Withheld Shooting #9 (Victim #8) (2nd Wounded, 2nd to Survive) |
Male | African American | 13 Withheld |
Wounded and in critical but stable condition | Shot when he was dropped off at school by his Aunt. Death Tarot card left behind by sniper with the words handwritten on the card. Dear Policeman, "I am God" and 1 bullet shell was found also near the taor card |
10/9/02 8:18 PM Wednesday (60 hrs & 10 mins) |
Sunoco Gas Station, at 7203 Sudley Rd (Rt 234) and Balls Ford Road, Prince William County, Manassas, Va (52.51 miles from 4901 Collington Rd) |
Dean H Meyers Shooting #10 (Victim #9) (7th to die) |
Male | Caucasian | 53 Gaithersburg, Md |
Dead | Shot in head while pumping gas into his car. |
10/11/02 sometime after 8:15 PM Friday (about 48+ hrs) |
Exxon Gas Station in Massaponax, Va (5409 Jefferson Davis Hwy) (54.34 miles from 7203 Sudley Rd) |
Kenneth Bridges Shooting #11 (Victim #10) (8th to die) |
Male | African American | 53 Philadelphia, PA |
Dead | Shot in Upper Left Back while pumping gas into his rental car. |
Rev1 on 10/12/02 - Fixed hours that had passed between the first killing and the second
Rev2 on 10/13/02
Added Days of the Week to Table (suggested by "Timpad")
Added on Kenneth Bridges "while pumping gas into his rental car."
Added Tarot Card/Bullet Shell Info.
Corrected Fitzgerald Auto Mall Address (address is wrong in published media reports, address is now corrected on this table)
Put in exact address for Mobil Gas Station in Aspen Hill
Put in exact address for Shell Gas Station at Connecticut & Knowles
Added point to point mileage
Some observations while making this table... I think he stuck around after the 5 shooting during the day on 10/3/02 to see all the action and then headed south out of the area (or went home to DC) and got his last victim for the day right on the edge DC and Montgomery Co in the evening of 10/3/02. I think he stayed in the area after the 5 shootings so he could watch and learn from shooting scenes and how police reacted. I think the reason he may have not been caught after the last shooting on Friday is he was there watching all the action afterward. I am starting to believe that his killings will be farther apart in miles. I think he is traveling to an area and checks it out for a day or two and then strikes. I think he stays in the area where his last strike was for at least 1 night and moves on to another area to case it out before he strikes again. The first 5 killings was to get the attention of the media, police, and public. He killed 5 that morning because I think he expected more of a reaction from the media after his first kill of the man in the Grocery Store Parking Lot, since he did not get it then... he killed the 5 people the next morning. There also may be a race pattern... starting with #6 (caucasian) and then a african american, then back to a caucasian (see table above).