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D.C. sniper attacks begin as Maryland man, 55, is shot dead in grocery store parking lot in Wheaton 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 2 2002)


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(Wednesday, October 2, 2002, 6:30 p.m. EDT) — The D.C. sniper attacks, a series of coordinated shootings that occurred over three weeks in October 2002 in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, began today when James Martin, a 55-year-old program analyst at NOAA, was shot and killed at 2201 Randolph Road in the parking lot of a Shoppers Food Warehouse grocery store, located in Wheaton. Continue reading D.C. sniper attacks begin as Maryland man, 55, is shot dead in grocery store parking lot in Wheaton 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 2 2002)