Beltway Sniper Executed

John Allen Muhammad 'quiet and relaxed' before lethal injection
By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 10, 2009 8:18 PM CST
Updated Nov 10, 2009 8:25 PM CST
Beltway Sniper Executed
A van carrying the body of convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad leaves the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., tonight.   (AP Photo)

The state of Virginia executed John Allen Muhammad, the so-called Beltway sniper, tonight, with the man who led the 2002 shooting spree that killed 10 dying of lethal injection at 9:11 EST. The 48-year-old was “quiet and relaxed,” a prison official tells CBS’ Andrew Cohen. “I didn’t hear him utter a word.”

Muhammad and teen accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized Washington and neighboring Maryland and Virginia during the three-week stretch. “We deeply sympathize with families of lost ones,” said a lawyer for Muhammad. Malvo, 17 during the spree, was sentenced to life in prison, the AP adds.
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