line, and had a description of a chevy caprice leaving the scene. it was not a big story. it was kind of buried in the news coverage. >> the white truck theory simply dominated the discussion, along with media experts that came forward with profiles of the sniper. >> this had the marking of an all american crime spree. this is somebody that actually is trying to -- >> the message is getting out there that no one is safe. >> everybody thought it was -- that seemed to be the predominant serial killer. >> you want to profile, here's a guy who is going to turn out, i believe, to be a white middle aged male. >> by looking for an individual who has a high degree of anxiety at work. >> it was very bad for the witness pollution. >> it was a typography called the pseudocommando. >> we're still waiting on the profile piece from the fbi. we don't expect it will be exact, that it will cause us to have counter fits. >> still, please. >> to calm the public, satisfy the media, and keep the facts straight, chief moose backed by members of the sniper task force holds daily press conference

line, and had a description of a chevy caprice leaving the scene. it was not a big story.t was kind of buried in the news coverage. >> the white truck theory simply dominated the discussion, along with media experts that came forward with profiles of the sniper. >> this has all the markings of an all american crime spree. this is somebody that actually is trying to taunt the nation. >> the message is getting out there that no one is safe. >> everybody thought it was -- that it was white guys. that seemed to be the predominant serial killer. >> you want to profile, here's a guy who is going to turn out, i believe, to be a white middle aged male. >> by looking for an individual who has a high degree of anxiety at work. >> it was very bad for the witness pollution. >> it was a typography called the pseudocommando. >> we're still waiting on the psychological profile piece from the fbi. we don't expect it will be exact, that it will cause us to have tunnel vision. >> still, please. >> to calm the public, satisfy the media, and keep the facts straight, chief moose backed by memb

one of them is a man driving the same 12-year-old chevy caprice that had been spotted near the sixth murder scene, when police wave him on, they have no interview they have just interviewed the sniper and mastermind. john allen muhammad, and lee boyd malvo were an unlikely pair, joined by unlikely circumstances. muhammad, age 41, was definitely the alpha, his devoted follower, malvo, was just 17. >> one of the things that strikeout me was his devotion and commitment to john allen muhammad, who he referred to as dad. >> muhammad, a father of three, was an ex-army engineer who received the normal training in marksmanship. he saw action in the first gulf war. but returned home a changed man. >> desert storm, the first iraq war, flipped a switch in john muhammad. to this day, his ex-wife, is not sure what happened. >> it was like his spirit had been broken. he looked like just a broken man. >> that is the man who befriended lee malvo in 2000. muhammad met the teen on a trip to antigua, where malvo's mother had all but abandoned him. muhammad had brought him to the united states as formal

they use the money stolen from paul la ruffa to buy a used chevy caprice, a car that becomes their homeey, $3,500, i believe, paid for gas. it paid for the car. and the computer is what they used to plot out what they were doing. >> they go up to washington, they go up into suburban maryland, chiefly, i think, because muhammad wanted to get revenge on his ex-wife. >> we drove to montgomery county to begin the shootings. we went and scoped out the area again. we'd look for potential spots to take shots. that wednesday, that's when everything began. that's when mr. muhammad said, today is going to be the first shot. begin the terror. look what mommy is having. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. [ sirens ] >>> 911 emergency. >> this guy did something that chopped him up, he's bleeding real bad. >> oh, my god, the man is dead on aspen hill road! >> he's still breathing, but he's not doing too good. >> as the body count rose, authorities sc

it's a gray chevy caprice four-door. ( garbled radio transmission) we're southbound past 25th.bound past 25th. we're heading out towards oliver. ( tires squealing) we're northbound on estelle still, from 22nd. north on estelle from 22nd. get away from the car! get away from the car! get away from the car! hands out! 143. they stopped. 23-47. 23-47. we're doing a felony car stop. hey, hold on! hey! driver! ( sirens stop blaring) ( man shouting indistinc)ly driver, get out of the car! walk backwards towards my voice. down on your knees! ( man speaks indistinctly) hands behind your head! put your hands behind your head! ( people talking indistinctly) >> next occupant! crawl out through the driver's door! do it now! >> wagner: spread your legs. >> you chill out, man. >> wagner: spread your legs. >> i'm spreading them. i'm cool. i'm cool. i'm cool. >> wagner: you understand? stop resisting. >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry, sir. >> wagner: down on your knees. i don't want anything to happen. get down on your knees. ( man shouts unintelligi)ly stay down! >> hey, chill out, chill out, chill ou