Editing D.C. sniper attacks (section)

====Malvo testimony====
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In John Allen Muhammad's May 2006 trial in [[Montgomery County, Maryland]], Lee Boyd Malvo took the stand and confessed to the 17 murders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/the-washington-dc-sniper|title=Crime Library: The DC Sniper Beltway Attacks - Crime Museum|work=crimemuseum.org|access-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831174653/http://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/the-washington-dc-sniper|archive-date=August 31, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> He also gave a more detailed version of the pair's plans. Malvo, after extensive psychological counseling, admitted that he was lying at the earlier [[Virginia]] trial where he had admitted to being the trigger man for every shooting. Malvo claimed that he had said this in order to protect Muhammad from a potential death sentence, and because it was more difficult to obtain the death penalty for a minor. Malvo said that he wanted to do what little he could for the families of the victims by letting the full story be told. In his two days of testimony, Malvo outlined detailed aspects of all the shootings.

Part of his testimony concerned Muhammad's complete multiphase plan. His plan consisted of three phases in the Washington, D.C., and [[Baltimore]] metro areas. Phase one consisted of meticulously planning, mapping, and practicing their locations around the D.C. area. This way, after each shooting they would be able to quickly leave the area on a predetermined path and move on to the next location. Muhammad's goal in Phase One was to kill six white people a day for 30 days. Malvo went on to describe how Phase One did not go as planned due to heavy traffic and the lack of a clear shot or getaway at locations.

Phase Two was meant to take place in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. Malvo described how this phase was close to being implemented but was not carried out. Phase Two was intended to begin by killing a pregnant woman by shooting her in the stomach. The next step would have been to shoot and kill a Baltimore police officer. Then, at the officer's funeral, they planned to detonate several [[improvised explosive device]]s complete with shrapnel. These explosives were intended to kill a large number of police, since many police would attend another officer's funeral.

The last phase, Phase Three, was to take place during or shortly after Phase Two, which was to extort several million dollars from the [[United States]] government. This money would be used to finance a larger plan, to travel north to [[Canada]]. Along the way, they would stop in [[YMCA]]s and orphanages recruiting other impressionable young black boys with no parents or guidance. Muhammad thought he could act as their father figure as he did with Malvo.

Once he recruited a large number of young black boys and made his way up to Canada, he would begin their training. Malvo described how John Muhammad intended to train boys in weapons and stealth as he had been taught. Finally, after their training was complete, John Allen Muhammad would send them out across the [[United States]] to carry out mass shootings in many other cities, just as he had done in Washington and Baltimore. These attacks would be coordinated and be intended to send the country into chaos that had already been built up after 9/11.