John Allen Muhammad (né Williams; December 31, 1960 – November 10, 2009) was an American spree killer. He and his accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo carried out a series of shootings in ten states from February through September 2002, killing seven people, before moving their crimes into the Washington metropolitan area where they carried out the D.C. sniper attacks, which killed a further ten people before their apprehension.<!-- see infobox --> Wikipedia