SEATTLE (AP) — John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo set up a sniper nest in a Tacoma field more than a month before they began their killing spree around the nation's capital, authorities say.
They apparently were getting ready to shoot someone but were interrupted by a truck that cut through the field, and they abandoned their weapon, a loaded rifle with a telescopic sight and bipod, authorities said in Friday's Seattle Times.
"I think it's fair to say that we believe they were set up to shoot someone. We can't say who or why," said James Willett, a prosecutor in Prince William County, Va.