On Nov. 10, Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad was executed by lethal injection in Greensville, Va.


Muhammad and accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo killed 10 people and wounded three during three weeks in October 2002. The following are memories from students who attended elementary school during the reign of terror.

“I remember we had recess inside so we couldn’t go outside. I got driven to school and we didn’t go out as much anymore. When we did go out, [we went] to get groceries.” – Freshman Paige Cohen (Bullen Bridge Elementary)

“My mom didn’t want me to go to school; she wanted me to stay in the house.” Senior Nandi Walcott (Network Academy)

“I remember not really going to school. [I remember] my mother telling me not to go and my father calling and said not to go because around that time I lived near there.”- Senior Raquel Poindexter (Ashburton Elementary)

“I remember all the radio warnings about [people] getting shot at on the highway. I also remember I was on a camp out at the time when we got news that the sniper had gotten caught and everyone was really relieved.” -Sophomore Jeffery Becker  (Lucy V. Barnsley)

“They wouldn’t really tell us what was happening. They wanted our parents to tell us.” – Senior Michelle Barreto (Luxmanor Elementary)

“We had indoor recess.” – Junior Marguerite Joutz (Garrett Park Elementary)

Information gathered by Flor Martinez and Kathleen Seale